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Peddling Imitation Patristics – Ray's At it Again
I have almost started to feel sorry for Mr. Ray. He keeps peddling the same snake oil, and it is hard to say whether this is simply because he lacks the acumen or patience to deal honestly with the Early Church Fathers or whether it is because he is simply the sort of person who…
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The Real Turretin on: Via Media (In Spanish!)
Mr. Matthew Lankford has recently directed me to a post at the Reflexion Latina Reformada blog, where the blogger has provided some commentary on Francis Turretin and the Via Media, the “Middle Way” that is Reformed Theology (link). The post is in Spanish, although a Google translation may be found here (link). Enjoy! -TurretinFan To…
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Response to Paul Hoffer's Comments
Someone [Mr. James Swan] directed me to the comment box of an entry of David Waltz’s blog where Mr. Hoffer has been providing some information and some misinformation (source). I’ll respond to Mr. Hoffer’s comments more or less line by line: Hoffer: “One of the problems with Mr. Fan’s (would he be considered a Pseudo-Turrettini…
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Still Misquoting Athanasius as Steve Ray's Assistant Fails Again
This debacle began with my original article (link), continued with a first response from Ray/Albrecht (link), and now I am sad to see that rather than correct his quotation of a spurious work attributed to Athanasius, the man who Steve Ray has set forth to defend Mr. Ray’s miscitation of a spurious source (Mr. William…
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Particular Redemption – Quotation from Reymond's Systematic Theology
Monergism.com has provided a lengthy excerpt from Robert Reymond’s A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith, 2nd ed. on the subject of Ten Lines of Evidence for Particular Redemption (link to excerpt). Reymond’s Ten Lines: 1) The Particularistic Vocabulary of Scripture2) God’s Redemptive Love Not Inclusive of Fallen Angels3) The Irreversible Condition of Lost…
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The Real Francis Turretin on: God's Knowledge of the Future
Glenn H. at Pot and Torch has an interesting post on the topic of Unconditional Election. (link) I especially enjoyed the introductory quotations he provided from Ames and Turretin, two of the great systematic theologians. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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The Real Turretin on: The Definition of "Catholic"
Catholicity, in the absolute sense of the word, as Turrettin remarks, can be predicated only of that society that includes the Church triumphant in heaven, as well as militant on earth, that society that comprehends all the elect, reaching back to the days of Abel, and onward to the last trumpet. Institutio Theologiae Elencticae, Francisco…
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Waltz on Luther – "articulus stantis vel cadentis ecclesiae"
David Waltz, a Catholic (I think), poster with whom I’ve crossed swords a few times, has posted a recent blog article in which he identifies a quotation that he believes has been misattributed to Martin Luther. (link to post) First of all, thanks to David for his post. It is always good to clear the…
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Ponter's Massive Calvin Quotations – A Quick Note
I’m in the process of carefully reviewing a recent massive post by David Ponter, full of quotations from English translations of John Calvin’s writings and preachings. My initial impression upon skimming through the post was that it was simply cherry-picked quotations designed to convey Ponter’s basic thesis. Having looked into the matter a bit deeper,…
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The Reformed Reader Recommends Turretin and the Real Turretin on: Ahab's Repentance
I was pleased this morning to read a commendation by the Reformed Reader (Shane Lems) of Turretin’s Institutes of Elenctic Theology. (link) Mr. Lems points out that is worthwhile for those preparing sermons to go and look up the verse that they’re preaching on in the verse index of various systematic theologies, including Turretin’s. Mr.…