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How the Reformers, Protestant Orthodox, & Puritans Approached Textual Criticism: Part 2 | Timothy Decker
*Editors Note: This is the third installment of blogs related to Textual Criticism authored by Dr. Timothy Decker....
How the Reformers, Protestant Orthodox, & Puritans Approached Textual Criticism: Part 1 | Timothy Decker
*Editors Note: This is the second installment of blogs related to Textual Criticism authored by Dr. Timothy Decker....
Francis Turretin’s Natural Theology: Natural Theology’s Use | John Sweat
Turretin lists five general uses or ends of natural theology.
Francis Turretin’s Natural Theology: Natural and Supernatural Theology | John Sweat
Turretin situates natural theology as subordinate to supernatural theology for the latter is insufficient for a true knowledge of God or salvation.
Francis Turretin’s Natural Theology: Natural Theology’s Definition | John Sweat
Turretin does not give a definition of natural theology other than describing what it consists of, “The natural, occupied with that which may be known of God (to gnōston tou Theou), is both innate (from the common notions implanted in each one) and acquired (which creatures gain discursively).”
Francis Turretin’s Natural Theology: Francis Junius’s Influence | John Sweat
The early Reformed scholastic Francis Junius influenced Reformed theology greatly in his work A Treatise of True Theology.
Francis Turretin’s Natural Theology: John Calvin’s Influence | John Sweat
There are two pillars on which Turretin constructs his natural theology, the first being Calvin’s duplex cognition dei.
Francis Turretin’s Natural Theology: Clearing the Historical Record | John Sweat
Natural theology has been confessed throughout the history of the church, it has not been used or understood monolithically. To use the recurring phrase of Turretin, many have “erred in excess” or “erred in defect” in their conception of natural theology.
Does our confession require a printed text or indicate the need for a text critical methodology? | Timothy Decker
The historical reality is, the Confession appeals to the Hebrew and Greek textual tradition of Scripture. And as this textual tradition has within it, admitted by all, variations among them; the necessary result demands we engage in textual criticism.