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Responding to Taylor DeSoto Regarding Revelation 16:5, Beza, and Francis Turretin
Back in November of 2019, Taylor DeSoto (“TD”) posted a “Crash Course in the Textual Discussion,” in which he made the following odd assertion related to Revelation 16:5: “Many advocates of the MCT are quick to point out that the TR does not have Greek manuscript support for Revelation 16:5, but the MCT also has…
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Turretin's "Sources" for 1 John 5:7
Matthew Everhard has video (link to video) in which he suggests that the historic Francis Turretin was not being honest in his defense of Johannine Comma (the longer reading at 1 John 5:7-8). I note that Everhard is working from a different translation of Turretin than that found in P&R’s publication, namely the Dennison translation.…
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1 John 5:7 – Francis Turretin and the Textual Evidence
Some “TR friendly” questions/comments, I recently received. I’m posting them without attribution for now, but I’ll update with attribution if my interlocutor would like. After all, these issues are less about him (or me) and more about the truth of the matters we are discussing. His comments are bold in quotation marks, whereas my responses…
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Francis Turretin – the "Received Text" – "Confessional Text" and related Textual Critical Issues
Background – Name and the significance of Methodology I’ve been using the nom de plume, TurretinFan, for over a decade. Why? It’s certainly not because I slavishly follow everything that theologian taught. On the contrary, I have a number of disagreements with him, though typically about things that don’t or shouldn’t matter. The big examples…
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The Real Turretin on: Christ's Atonement is Both Substitutionary and Exemplary
Tony Stiff at Sets ‘n’ Service has provided a brief quotation from the real Turretin providing a helpful reminder that the Atonement is not only Substitutionary but also Exemplary (source). Sometimes in our eagerness to emphasize the distinctives of Reformed Theology, we can lose sight of that fact. The fact that Christ’s death is an…
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The Real Francis Turretin on Christ's Teaching Role
“Christ is our only teacher (Matt. 23:8) in such a sense as that the ministry of the word is not thereby excluded, but necessarily included because now in it only he addresses us and by it instructs us. Christ is not set in opposition to the Scriptures; rather he is set in opposition to the…
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The Real Francis Turretin on Sin's Relation to God
The Real Francis Turretin on sin’s relation to God: Theology treats sin not as belonging to God, but as holding certain relationship to Him (either that of opposite or contrary or as coming under His providence and justice); just as medicine treats of diseases and their remedies although its principle subject is man as curable.…
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Sale on Turretin's Institutes
Reformation Heritage Books has a sale on Turretin’s Institutes (link). I’m not sure how long the sale lasts, but $70 for the set (new) is one of the better deals I’ve seen. If you don’t already own a copy, this might be a good chance to pick one up. To God be the Glory!
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Rome's Translation Record
Over at Greenbaggins, Roman Catholic Taylor Marshall threw out one of the standard lines about Luther changing Scripture. I noted that this Roman propaganda has been debunked already (debunked once – debunked twice). In response, Mr. Marshall tried to come up with some new angles to the old slur. He stated: “One might even say…
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John Wesley on "Turretin"
I recently came across this blog post recording John Wesley’s negative reaction to a book called “History of the Church” by “Turretin” (link to post). I had hoped this might be a work by Francis Turretin, but I was disappointed. It was instead a reference to Historiae ecclesiasticae compendium usque ad 1700 by Jean-Alphonse Turretin,…