At Justin Taylor’s BTW.
Academic Stuff
Arius and Prov 8
Todd has an excellent introduction.
Early Reformed Orthodoxy on the Eternally Begotten Son
Here’s a nice summary by Donald John MacLean.
Technology and Text
Alan Jacobs blogs on this topic and has, as always, an interesting post about what e-texts can and can’t do.
The Author of the Belgic Confession on Justification
Wes Bredenhof is surveying Guido (Guy) de Bres’ 1555 reply to Rome, The Staff of the Christian Faith. This is an interesting document as it’s mostly a series of patristic quotations showing how the Reformation agreed with the early fathers—thereby subverting the . . . Continue reading →
An Anabaptist Doctrine of Revelation
Dan’s at it again. He’s been reading sources.
Clark and Schilder on "The Categorical Distinction"
Wes has some helpful source material on this topic. He begins with a survey on my chapter on the distinction between theology as God knows it (theologia archetypa) and theology as it is revealed to us (theologia ectypa). In the second half of . . . Continue reading →
Trueman on Luther as Pastoral Revolutionary
Thanks to the Reformed Fellowship (HT: Confessional Outhouse)
Of Remonstrants and Rationalists
Bavinck had some interesting things to say.
Neo-Barthians v Neo-Orthodox
This is a really interesting piece by Erskine College prof. William B. Evans at Ref21. Barth’s dialectical method makes him inherently difficult. He can always be quoted on two sides of an issue. I also agree with Evans that, in the end, . . . Continue reading →
Zwingli and the Reformed Confessions on the Supper
The question came up on the PB whether Zwingli gets a bum rap on the Supper. It’s true that Zwingli has on the receiving end of the stick. This has provoked a reaction, led most recently by W. P. (Peter) Stephens in . . . Continue reading →
Calvin500 Tour Update
If you only want to attend the conference in Geneva, now there’s a way.
Getting it Published
Thanks to Justin for alerting us to this book.
When Eschatology Swallows History
We call it Marxism. Alan Jacobs posts a fascinating quote illustrating this phenomenon. This is timely as we were just discussing the Marxist historians last week in HT501.
Voetius Online
Todd explains.
Wes is Reading Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant
He reviews it here.
The Reformed Christology and the Theologia Crucis
Joshua Lim has a quote from an obscure book.
The Latin Bible of Reformed Orthodoxy
More good stuff from Todd Rester.
What Reformation Day Really Is
Reformation Day as we know it is somewhat arbitrary. There’s little about the 95 Theses is that is distinctively Protestant. There are shadows and hints here and there in the 95 Theses of what would become Luther’s mature views, but for the . . . Continue reading →
J. H. Alsted's Theological Curriculum
More great stuff from Todd at Historical Theoblogy.