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Gregory of Nyssa on the Illustration of Divine Beauty
Gregory of Nyssa makes no reference to icons/statues/etc. but instead provides a very Reformed view of how the Divine Beauty is illustrated for us: “It is true, indeed, that the Divine beauty is not adorned with any shape or endowment of form, by any beauty of colour, but is contemplated as excellence in unspeakable bliss.…
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Terms One Doesn't Find in Gregory of Nyssa
One of the interesting things about Gregory of Nyssa’s work are the things one does not find in the English translations of Gregory’s works: “pope” “papacy” “papal” “pontiff” “bishop of bishops” “vicar” “cardinal” “legate” “penance” (One might argue that the concept is there in Gregory of Nyssa the concept of penance, though not the term.)…
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Terms One Doesn’t Find in Gregory of Nyssa
One of the interesting things about Gregory of Nyssa’s work are the things one does not find in the English translations of Gregory’s works: “pope” “papacy” “papal” “pontiff” “bishop of bishops” “vicar” “cardinal” “legate” “penance” (One might argue that the concept is there in Gregory of Nyssa the concept of penance, though not the term.)…
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Calvin on Birthdays – Don't Overdo It
Calvin wrote: With regard to what Moses records, that Pharaoh celebrated his birthday by a great feast, we know that this custom has always been in use, not only among kings, but also among plebeian men. Nor is the custom to be condemned, if only men would keep the right end in view; namely, that…
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Calvin on Birthdays – Don’t Overdo It
Calvin wrote: With regard to what Moses records, that Pharaoh celebrated his birthday by a great feast, we know that this custom has always been in use, not only among kings, but also among plebeian men. Nor is the custom to be condemned, if only men would keep the right end in view; namely, that…
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The real Francis Turretin on: Continuing vs. Abrogated Portions of Civil Law
One of the areas where I might disagree (with respect to some of the nuances) with the real Francis Turretin, is in his treatment of the Old Testament civil law. Nevertheless, as Andrew Myers has (at Virginia is for Hugenots) kindly provided a quotation from Turretin on this subject (along with other interesting related material),…
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Bellisario (by Proxy) on the Papacy – Part 2
Although I could not find any other published debates, articles, or podcasts from Mr. Bellisario specifically on the papacy, I did find one book review that is of interest. Mr. Bellisario recommends Mr. Adrian Fortescue’s “The Early Papacy” as being: “full of great apologetics material for substantiating the Papacy in the early Church.” One presumes…
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Bellisario (by Proxy) on the Papacy – Part 1
Mr. Matthew Bellisario has, as far as I can tell, only a single blog post directly on issues relating to the papacy (although there are a number of contra-Lutheran and contra-contraceptive posts that mention the papacy)(link to MB’s post). Even in this instance, however, Mr. Bellisario is merely providing a quotation from another author. The…
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The real Francis Turretin on: the Duty of Faith
Beng at Call it Grace has just discovered Francis Turretin and provided some good quotations from the real Francis Turretin on the duty that men have to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (link). -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Gregory of Nyssa on Rome
In a first post, we examined what Gregory of Nyssa considered to be inspired (link). In a second post, we discussed Gregory’s view of who was sinless: answer was Christ alone (link). In this post, we are going to examine Gregory’s view of Rome, to see whether he was some kind of proto-papist, or whether…