In Part 1 we discussed the state of the case surrounding the existence or non-existence of contradictions and errors in Scripture. We saw that the Christian response was multifarious but concluded that the common orthodox understanding was that no real contradictions occur in Scripture and all minor errors were/are presently solvable. Now in Part 2Continue reading “Do Real Contradictions Occur in Scripture? We deny. (Part 2)”
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Do Real Contradictions Occur In Scripture? We deny. (Part 1)
Continuing our Bibliology Primer we now come to the question of whether real contradictions appear in the Scriptures. This blog post will be divided into two section, maybe three. The first section will deal with the problems faced by the Reformers at there time which, interestingly enough, very closely resembles similar problems the Standard SacredContinue reading “Do Real Contradictions Occur In Scripture? We deny. (Part 1)”
Has the Bible Been Kept Pure?
Welcome to the Brickyard. This is a place to find quotes for use in your own research. The bricks are free but the building is up to you. The following quotes are from Garnet Howard Milne’s, Has the Bible Been Kept Pure? Confession of faith and the Providential Preservation of Scripture. Milne’s work quotes theContinue reading “Has the Bible Been Kept Pure?”
Weekly Question – Which Bible Version Do You Read and Why?
Which English version of the Bible do you read? Do you account multiple versions of the English Bible to be equal? Instead of reading one perhaps you read many and hold them each to be relatively equal in authority. Why? What rational basis do you have for these conclusions? What Scriptural basis do you haveContinue reading “Weekly Question – Which Bible Version Do You Read and Why?”
Special Revelation
A More Sure Word
“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.” II Peter 1:19 In the beginning of the apostle Peter’s second catholic epistle he declares thatContinue reading “A More Sure Word”
Autopistos
“autopistos: trustworthy in and of itself; specifically, a term used by the Protestant scholastics to denote the self-authenticating character of scriptural authority. Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholasticism, autograph. As we have noted other place regarding the self-attesting character of Scripture as the principium cognoscendi we seeContinue reading “Autopistos”
Atheism and the Authority of Scripture
As we continue our way through Francis Turretin’s Institutes of Elenctic Theology as a Bibliology Primer we come to the question, “Are the holy Scriptures truly authentic and divine?” Of course Turretin assumes the affirmative. He then goes on to say that the question could be divided into two sub-heads: “(1) with atheists and theContinue reading “Atheism and the Authority of Scripture”
Van Til and Self-Attesting Scripture
Welcome to the Brickyard. This is a place to find quotes for use in your own research. The bricks are free but the building is up to you. The following quotes are from Van Til’s Apologetics: Reading & Analysis by Greg L. Bahnsen. Our specific attention is on the section entitled, The Redemptive Self-Attesting RevelationContinue reading “Van Til and Self-Attesting Scripture”
Was it necessary for the word of God to be committed to writing? We affirm.
In framing the question Turretin writes, “[T]he question is not whether the writing of the word was absolutely and simply necessary, but relatively and hypothetically; not for every age, but now in this state of things; nor relatively to the power and liberty of God, but to his wisdom and economy as dealing with man.”Continue reading “Was it necessary for the word of God to be committed to writing? We affirm.”
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