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Author Archives: R. Scott Clark
The Robe Then And Now: An Indicator Of Where We Are
I happened across The Robe, the other day. I had never seen it. It was interesting to see how the Christian faith was portrayed to the world in 1953 in CinemaScope and how the film with its new technology was received. It . . . Continue reading →
First They Came For The Tea Party…
The Weight Of Particularity
Worldview theology strives for a universal triumphant ideal without the weight of particularity. As such it comes dangerously close to making the gospel ancillary to ideology. Christ and Christianity are not ideas competing in a marketplace of ideas. Christ does not contend . . . Continue reading →
Useful Myths And Reformed Identity Markers
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) first provides multiple definitions of the word “myth.” The first says, “A traditional story, typically involving supernatural beings or forces, which embodies and provides an explanation, aetiology, or justification for something such as the early history of . . . Continue reading →
The Power Of The Fear Of Social Isolation
The elites who wield politically correct agendas – whether in academia, in the media, or in Hollywood — know these social dynamics very well. They understand your fear of social isolation perhaps better than you do yourself. How else could they manipulate . . . Continue reading →
HT709 Thesis Proposal
(Revised January, 2021) Relocated here.
PT730 Studies In Distintives And Issues In The United Reformed Churches In North America (URCNA)
A directed study intended to supplement the existing preparation of URCNA students studying for the pastoral ministry and to focus their preparation for classical examinations. Prerequisite (may be taken simultaneously): HT/ST615 Reformed Confessions. 1 credit (without a term paper) or 2 Credits . . . Continue reading →
HT/ST615 Reformed Confessions (Three Forms of Unity)
Course Description An introduction to the background, doctrine, and use of the Reformed Confessions. Spring. 2 Credits. The Student Learning Outcome for the Historical Theology Program: The student demonstrates understanding of the main eras of church history, the significant issues, and leaders/theologians of each. . . . Continue reading →
Beza’s Summa Totius Christianismi
Theodore Beza Geneva, 1555 trans. William Whittingham (1575) revised by R. Scott Clark (2002). The question of God’s eternal Predestination is not curious, or unprofitable, but of great importance, and very necessary in the Church of God. p. 2 THE FIRST CHAPTER. 1. . . . Continue reading →
The Decades of Heinrich Bullinger
Fifty Sermons Divided into Five Decades Containing the Chief and Principle Points of Christian Religion (1587 English Translation) Table of Contents Prepared by Ryan Glomsrud M.A. (D.Phil. Cand., Pembroke College, Oxon) Volume I The Preface (pp. 1-11) Of the Four General Synods . . . Continue reading →
Summary Of Zwingli On Baptism
Exposition of the Articles (1524) © R. Scott Clark, 2000; 2014. Baptism is being enrolled by an “oath of allegiance” (sacramentum) into the church visible, an initiation into the people of God. If there is one people of God, with one faith, in . . . Continue reading →
A Brief Outline Of Luther’s Bondage Of The Will
© R. S. Clark, 2000; 2014. I Luther’s Critique of Erasmus (2/3) II Luther’s Positive Development of the Doctrine of Predestination from SS (1/3) Major propositions: 1 A fallen sinner is totally unable to cooperate with divine grace. 2 Salvation is exclusively . . . Continue reading →
Understanding Evangelicalism: A Select Bibliography
Organized Chronologically Updated 2016 Henry, Carl F. H. The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1947. Packer, J. I. Fundamentalism and The Word of God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1958. Nash, Ronald H. The New Evangelicalism. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1963. Van Til, Cornelius. Karl Barth . . . Continue reading →
Select Bibliography Of The Reformation
(rev. January 2006) © R. Scott Clark, 2006. All Rights Reserved. 1. References Bagchi, David and David C. Steinmetz, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004). Bauman, M., M. Klauber, ed., Historians of the Christian Tradition (Nashville, 1995). Brady, T. A., . . . Continue reading →
A Brief Glossary Of The Medieval And Reformation Church
Revised 2007, 2011. This is a study guide for my students that began life in the mid-1990s as a handout revised from a glossary by Alister McGrath for Blackwells. § A Abelard, Peter (1079-1142). Author of Sic et Non, an influential scholastic collection of . . . Continue reading →
The Quadriga
Virtue Sense Scope Literal Cognition Fides Allegoricus Credenda Spes Anagogicus Speranda Caritas Tropologicus Agenda Canticus Exegetae (Song of the Exegete)* Litera gesta docet, (The letter teaches of deeds) quid credas allegoria; (allegory of what is believed) moralis quid agas; (morality of what is . . . Continue reading →
CH602 Medieval And Reformation Church
Course Description The first half of the course will study the development of medieval theology, doctrinal controversies, the development of the church, monasticism, mysticism, and the forerunners of the Reformation. The second half will study theology and practices of the Protestant Reformation. . . . Continue reading →
HT606 Medieval Seminar
Course Description An introduction to, analysis and survey of the development of doctrine in the Western church in the early, high, and late medieval periods. We consider several theologians in their context and pay close attention to some of the great texts . . . Continue reading →
HT611 Reformed Scholasticism
Course Description A study of theology and methods of Reformed orthodoxy from 1561–1725. Special attention will be given to soteriology. Fall. 2 Credits. Course Goals — Academic Goal: To enable the student to understand and discuss intelligently the development of Reformed academic theology . . . Continue reading →