Vs. Turretin #10: Sanctification

May 7, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

François Turretin (1623-1687) was a Genevan-Italian Reformed scholastic theologian and renowned defender of the Calvinistic (Reformed) orthodoxy represented by the Synod of Dort, and was one of the authors of the Helvetic Consensus (1675). He is generally considered to be the best Calvinist apologist besides John Calvin himself. His Institutes of Elenctic Theology (three volumes, Geneva, 1679–1685) used the scholastic method. “Elenctic” means “refuting an argument by proving the falsehood of its conclusion.” Turretin contended against the conflicting Christian perspectives of Catholicism and Arminianism. It was a popular textbook; notably at Princeton Theological Seminary, until it was replaced by Charles Hodge‘s Systematic Theology in... Read more

Augsburg Confession Dialogues: Communion in One Kind

May 6, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

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Augsburg Confession Dialogues: Penance & Satisfaction

May 5, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

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Augsburg Confession Dialogues: The Church (Ecclesiology)

May 3, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

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Augsburg Confession Dialogues: Justification

May 3, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

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Augsburg Confession Dialogues: God / Original Sin

May 2, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

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Agreement Regarding God’s Nature, But Differences Concerning the Rule of Faith & Concupiscence “Please Hit ‘Subscribe’”! If you have received benefit from this or any of my other 4,600+ articles, please follow this blog by signing up (w your email address) on the sidebar to the right (you may have to scroll down a bit), above where there is an icon bar, “Sign Me Up!”: to receive notice when I post a new blog article. This is the equivalent of subscribing... Read more

Lutheran Augsburg Confession & Catholic Replies (Intro)

May 1, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

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Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 315-387) vs. “Faith Alone”

May 1, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

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Vs. James Swan #2 Re Luther’s Mariology, Pt. 2

April 30, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

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Vs. James Swan #2 Re Luther’s Mariology, Pt. 1

April 29, 2024 By Dave Armstrong

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