Berkhof On The Limbus Patrum

by on June 12, 2025 | Comment

The Limbus Patrum. The Latin word limbus (fringe) was used in the Middle Ages to denote two places on the fringe or outskirts of hell, namely, the Limbus Patrum and the Limbus Infantum. The former is the place where, according to the teachings of Rome, the souls . . . Continue reading →

Review: Forgotten Reformer: Myles Coverdale And The First Forty Years Of The English Reformation By G. F. Main

by on June 12, 2025 | 3 Comments

Myles Coverdale (1488–1569) was a champion of the Word of God in sixteenth-century Europe, especially in England. He translated the Word, preached it, embraced new insights into its meaning vis-à-vis justification by faith alone, rejection of Christ’s physical presence in the Lord’s . . . Continue reading →

The Irish Articles Condemn The Limbus Patrum

by on June 11, 2025 | Comment

102. The doctrine of the Church of Rome, concerning limbus patrum [The limbus of the fathers], limbus puerorum [the limbus of infants], purgatory, prayer for the dead, pardons, adoration of images and relics, and also invocation of saints, is vainly invented, without all warrant of Holy Scripture, yea, and . . . Continue reading →

Turretin Contra The Limbus Patrum (4)

by on June 10, 2025 | Comment

X. What is said of “the sepulcher” and “death” (Gen. 37:35; 42:38)—that Jacob was about to go down with sadness (lsh’vl) (“into the grave”) is falsely drawn to limbo. Sh’vl or hadēs is the grave into which men descend after death. XI. “The pit wherein is . . . Continue reading →

The Cradle Of Christian Truth: Apostles’ Creed (Part 19)—Life Everlasting. Amen

by on June 10, 2025 | 2 Comments

When I was in college, I worked in a warehouse that refurbished science kits for elementary and middle schools. As part of my job, I had to replace used-up supplies for various experiments, like the used-up tape, staples, or flour. One summer, . . . Continue reading →

On Precisionism And Latitudinarianism (Again)

by on June 6, 2025 | 1 Comment

In 1520 Martin Luther published one of his most influential treatises, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church. In it he attempted to set the church free from bondage to human opinion by unleashing again, as it were, God’s Word as the . . . Continue reading →