How Reformed Orthodoxy Was Lost

J. A. Turretin’s struggle against the Consensus, in which he achieved victory in 1705, was, therefore, part of an effort for an inclusive Protestant fellowship. He did not press the issues raised in earlier discussions—predestination, imputation of original sin, the presence of Christ in the Eucharist, and so on—but merely dropped them in the interest of unity and a simplified apologetic.

—John W. Beardslee III, “Theological Development at Geneva under Francis and Joan-Alphonse Turretini (1648–1737) (PhD Diss. New Haven: Yale University, 1956), 9.

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  • R. Scott Clark
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    R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.

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