There are audio files of the Summa online. I’ve not listened to them yet but thanks to Durell for the link.
Academic Stuff
Irenaeus On Apostolic Succession
I’m reviewing Charles E. Hill, From the Lost Teaching of Polycarp: Identifying Irenaeus’ Apostolic Presbyter and the Author of Ad Diognetum. vol. 186, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006). 207 pages (incl. index) for the Confessional Presbyterian. He writes, In . . . Continue reading →
Let Them Learn Latin (Latinam Linguam Comperiant)
At the Atlantic (HT: Alan Jacobs)
Light Summer Reading
I’m part way through Lane and Oreskes on the genius of American constitutionalism. It’s a breezy spin through the history of the constitutional crisis. The first part of their thesis is attractive to Augustinians. They argue that the founders realized that their . . . Continue reading →
The Past is the Future: Classic Unitarianism
WSC student Dan Borvan has posted a paper on John Biddle, a 17th-century English Unitarian. Why “the future”? We hope it’s not the future for Reformed folks, but it’s the present for too many “evangelicals” and likely their future.
Erskine College Students Petition ARP
Here. (HT: LIg Duncan/Ref21)
Calvin’s Self-Identification As A Lutheran
You can see, reader, that the man is pulled both this way and that. He wants to appear to be opening a battle against the whole party of the Lutherans, not against any individual member of it. But he cannot attack us . . . Continue reading →
Farel's Baptismal Form
William (Guillaume) Farel preceded Calvin in Geneva and worked alongside him in advancing the Reformation there and elsewhere in the Francophone world in the 16th century. Wes Bredenhof has a fascinating account of his baptismal liturgy, which features a strong emphasis on . . . Continue reading →
Our 2009 MA (Hist Theol) Candidates (Updated)
Congratulations to our 2009 MA (Historical Theology) candidates, (Rev) Mr Michael Brown and Mr Joshua Forrest. Last night the latter defended the thesis, “Absolute Dependence or Classical Synthesis?: Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Appropriation of Lutheran Orthodoxy” and the former defended the thesis: “Christ and . . . Continue reading →
Caspar Olevianus on the "Law of Nature"
Christ the King engenders in his elect zeal for reconciling themselves to God: first of all by showing that all men are under sin, and in the kingdom darkness, especially because since all men have the knowledge of God naturally engrafted in . . . Continue reading →
The HT Interviews: Bud Beeke
Editor’s Note: With this post we continue the series of interviews with graduates of the Westminster Seminary California MA in Historical Theology. Jonathan “Bud” Beeke received his MA (Historical Theology) from WSC in 2006. This post appeared originally in 2007 on the . . . Continue reading →
New In Print: A Companion to Paul in the Reformation
Just for the sake of completeness I want to let you know about the latest publication, “The Reception of Paul in Heidelberg: The Pauline Commentaries of Caspar Olevianus,” in R. Ward Holder, ed. A Companion to Paul in the Reformation (Leiden: Brill, . . . Continue reading →
Three Reformed Orthodox Writers on Translating Scripture
Todd has another excellent and helpful post putting us in touch with our tradition.
Marckius and DeMoor Online
Info here.
Two New Calvin Titles at WSC Books (UPDATED)
Just picked up my copy of Elsie Anne McKee’s translation of the 1541 French edition of the Institutes. The WSC bookstore has it for $29.50 (& shipping). Click on the links or icons to order. I’m also excited about Machiel A. van . . . Continue reading →
When Liberals Try to Be Hip
The results can be tragic. Carl writes: And then finally, the pièce de resistance, the moment to which the whole service had been leading, the climactic moment when the congregation was taken to the very gates of heaven: the service ended, not . . . Continue reading →
HT is So Easy that ANYONE Can Do It
Or is it? Just ask Darryl about a recent essay in the WTJ.
Top Five Opponents of Reformed Orthodoxy
According to James Durham in the 17th century.
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Congratulations to WSC Grad Rich Bishop, PhD
70% of Westminster Seminary California students (numerically 95 of our 135 enrolled students) are in the Master of Divinity (MDiv) program and preparing to enter the pastoral ministry. The remaining 30% are in one of three MA programs. One of those MA . . . Continue reading →