Category Archives: Essential Vocab

Praedicatio Verbi Dei Verbum Dei est: The preaching of the Word of God is the Word of God. Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally From Protestant Scholastic Theology, Term: Praedicatio Verbi Dei Verbum Dei est. For the Protestant Scholastics and for us here at StandardSacredText.com, there are three ways inContinue reading “Preaching the Word”

“perspicuitas: perspicuity, clarity of thought, lucidity; one of the traditional attributes of Scripture. The attribution of perspicuitas to Scripture does not imply that all passages are clear; rather, the point is that all thins necessary to salvation are clearly stated.” Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Terms: Drawn Principally From Protestant Scholasticism, Term: perspicuitas.Continue reading “The Perspicuity of Scripture”

It’s late and I’m tired but the show must go on so today/tonight’s post is going to be brief. What is faith aimed at in the Christian life? For the Protestant scholastics there were two categories: First, Christ and then the Scriptures. Muller writes regarding the object of faith, “obiectum fidei: object of faith; distinguishedContinue reading “The Object of Faith”

“lapis lydius: Lydian stone, touchstone, standard, or benchmark; originally a hard black flint used by the ancients to test the purity of gold and silver according to the streaks left on the stone when rubbed by the metals, by extension a standard and invariable test of quality. Scripture is thus frequently referred to as lapisContinue reading “Scripture as Touchstone”

“fundamentum fidei: foundation of faith i.e., Christ, on whom the faith and salvation of humanity rests. Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally From Protestant Scholasticism, fundamentum fidei. The foundation of faith can be divided into three parts: “(1) the fundamentum substantiale, or substantial foundation, in Christ, the substance and objectContinue reading “The Foundation of Faith”

“certitudo: certainty, certitude, surety; the certainty of knowledge (ceritiudo cognitionis), also termed the certainty of assent or adhesion (certitudo adhaesionis). Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally From Protestant Scholastics, certitudo. Muller goes on to explain that according to the Protestant scholastics, certain knowledge occupies at least four spheres: “(1) CertitudoContinue reading “Certitudo”

“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”

“twofold divine authority; a distinction between (1) the authoritas rerum, or authority of the things of Scripture, the substantia doctrinae (substance of doctrine); and (2) the authroitas verborum, or authority of the words of Scripture arising from the accidens scriptionis, the accident of writing.” Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn PrincipallyContinue reading “Authoritas Divina Duplex”

“copies of an original; specifically, the scribal copies of the original autographa (q.v.) of Scripture.” Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology, Term: apographa. The term apographa deserves close attention in that the documents were not merely understood to be copies of copies of copies, but forContinue reading “Apographa”

“autographa: autographs, originals; specifically, the original autograph copies of the books of the Bible as they came from the hands of the inspired authors.” Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology, Term: autographa. NOTES: It is interesting to observe that the “autographa” was for the Protestant ScholasticsContinue reading “Autographa”