PhD: Twitter quote 65

 

PhD: Twitter quote 65

Photos 1-2 from JCZ: World of Domes, Zoom, March 28, 2021. Photo 3 is from me.

Now to be clear, my Reformed leanings favour Believer's baptism, more so than infant baptism, within an Anabaptist position.

But  my British PhD thesis work required a significant level of objectivity in research: 

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G.W. Bromiley writes that Irenaeus (ca. 130-ca. 200) and Origen (ca. 185-ca. 254) were Church Fathers that could be traced back to the Apostles, and these men practiced infant baptism. Bromiley (1999: 116). 

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If Irenaeus did practice infant baptism, this would trace the practice to the second century. 

BROMILEY, G.W. (1996) ‘Baptism, Infant', in Walter A. Elwell (ed.), Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Books.

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PhD: Twitter quote 64

PhD: Twitter quote 64

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Erickson provides a Reformed position that justification is God’s actions through Christ in legally pronouncing sinners righteous. Erickson (1994: 954). 

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Schreck discusses the Roman Catholic concept and states that justification and salvation are free gifts of God not earned by any work or even faith. Those who are justified, however, should keep the commandments. 

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Roman Catholics are to persevere in faith and good works, even though works do not save a person. Works are a fruit of true faith. Schreck (1984: 26-27). 

ERICKSON, MILLARD (2003) What Does God Know and When Does He Know It?, Grand Rapids, Zondervan. 

SCHRECK, ALAN (1984) Catholic and Christian, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Servant Books.

PhD: Twitter quote 63

PhD: Twitter quote 63

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Soren Kierkegaard states that ‘sin is man’s destruction.’ Kierkegaard (1847-1848)(1955)(1966: 108). 

Wednesday, October 12, 2016: Soren Kierkegaard (PhD Edit) 

KIERKEGAARD, SOREN (1847-1848)(1955)(1966) On Authority and Revelation, Translated by Walter Lowrie, New York, Harper and Row, Publishers, Incorporated. 

KIERKEGAARD, SOREN (1848-1849)(1961) Christian Discourses & The Lilies of the Field and The Birds of the Air & Three Discourses at The Communion on Fridays, Translated by Walter Lowrie, New York, Oxford University Press.

2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter

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PhD: Twitter quote 62

PhD: Twitter quote 62 

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Edited

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Herman Bavinck (1918)(2006) equates the term regeneration with rebirth. Bavinck (1918)(2006: 46).

Twitter version II

In John 3 (see Titus 3), Jesus does not literally speak of one being born a second time, but literally insists one be born from above. Bavinck (1918)(2006: 46). 

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Regeneration consists of a person being converted from a life of giving in to temptation to one living in relationship with God. Erickson (1994: 600).

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At the instance of regeneration the Holy Spirit begins a new inclination within the fallen human will. Shedd (1874-1890)(1980: 136 Volume 2).

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It is the communication of divine life to a soul. Thiessen (1956: 367). Although this does not make a person divine, but rather one guided by God. 

BAVINCK, HERMAN (1918)(2006) Reformed Dogmatics Volume 2: God and Creation, John Bolt (gen.ed.), Translated by John Vriend, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids. 

BAVINCK, HERMAN (1918)(2006) Reformed Dogmatics Volume 3: Sin and Salvation in Christ, John Bolt (gen.ed.), Translated by John Vriend, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids.

ERICKSON, MILLARD (1994) Christian Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Book House. 

SHEDD, WILLIAM G.T. (1874-1890)(1980) Dogmatic Theology, Volume 1, Nashville, Thomas Nelson Publishers. 

SHEDD, WILLIAM G.T. (1874-1890)(1980) Dogmatic Theology, Volume 2, Nashville, Thomas Nelson Publishers. 

THIESSEN, HENRY C. (1956) Introductory Lectures in Systematic Theology, Grand Rapids, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter