Welcome to the Brickyard. This is a place to find quotes for use in your own research and writing. The bricks are free, but the building is up to you. The following quotes are from The Translator’s Preface to the Reader of the 1611 KJV. In a prior post I dealt with the term “meanest.” InContinue reading “The Translator’s Preface to the Reader of the 1611 KJV”
Author Archives: Peter Van Kleeck Jr. Ph.D.
Do We Need Permission to Read the Bible?
Turretin asserts against the Papists, “But we, on the other hand, maintain not only that every believer may freely read the Scriptures, but also ought to without waiting for permission form a bishop or priest.” Francis Turretin, Institutes of Elenctic Theology, vol. 1, Second Topic, Q. 18, Sec. 1. When the academy claims that theContinue reading “Do We Need Permission to Read the Bible?”
What are the most potent objections to the CT/MVO position?
In like manner to a prior post, what are the most potent objections to the critical text/ Multiple-Version onlyist position? Certainly, there may be objections in general, but which objections serve as defeaters? That is, what objections either rebut their claims to the point of crippling the whole system which can only be maintained atContinue reading “What are the most potent objections to the CT/MVO position?”
WCF 1.8 and Preservation
In this podcast Drs Peter Van Kleeck discuss the doctrine of preservation as it occurs in the Westminster Confession of Faith 1.8.
It’s Time for New Christmas Songs
The following Christmas songs come from the Trinity Hymnal save the last three which come from the Baptist Hymnal. Songs have served as a source of tradition for the church over the centuries. And not only have they served as a source of tradition, but that tradition has given to us a cultural language. WhereverContinue reading “It’s Time for New Christmas Songs”
Scripture Is Its Own Interpreter
“Scripturam ex Scriptura explicandam esse: Scripture is to be explained from Scripture one of several forms of a maxim employed by both Lutheran and Reformed orthodox to indicate the normative authority and self-authenticating character of Scripture over against the Roman Catholic contention that the church has absolute authority to explain the text.” Richard Muller, DictionaryContinue reading “Scripture Is Its Own Interpreter”
Weekly Question – What are the most potent objections to the TR/KJV position?
For an upcoming work by Dr.s Peter Van Kleeck, we would like to know what you think are the most potent theological and philosophical objections to the Confessional Text/Standard Sacred Text position on the Scriptures – the more complex and broad-reaching the better. Certainly, there are objections but what are those which wholly defeat ourContinue reading “Weekly Question – What are the most potent objections to the TR/KJV position?”
The Perspicuity [i.e., Clarity] of the Scriptures
As we continue our Bibliology Primer drawn principally from Francis Turretin’s Institutes of Elenctic Theology we come now to the perspicuity or clarity of Scripture. The objection here raised by the Roman Catholics is that the Scriptures are not in themselves clear enough to profitably nourish and grow the Christian. As a result, it isContinue reading “The Perspicuity [i.e., Clarity] of the Scriptures”
Reasonable Faith and Scripture
Welcome to the Brickyard. This is a place to find quotes for use in your own research and writing. The bricks are free, but the building is up to you. The following quotes are from Herman Bavinck’s Our Reasonable Faith: A Survey of Christian Doctrine. “All of these works of God in creation and providence can rightlyContinue reading “Reasonable Faith and Scripture”
Perspicuity – What the Scriptures Are vs. What They Say.
Turretin askes regarding the Perspicuity of the Scriptures, “Are the Scriptures so perspicuous in things necessary to salvation that they can be understood by believers without the external help of oral (agraphou) tradition or ecclesiastical authority? We affirm against the papists. Francis Turretin, Institutes of Elenctic Theology, vol. 1, Second Topic, Q. 17. First theContinue reading “Perspicuity – What the Scriptures Are vs. What They Say.”
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