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Do all of the Christians who account themselves "Traditional" in their theology accept that the real presence is a physical reality?
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Like everything else this depends upon definitions. Calvin rejects the idea that sacraments bring grace independent of faith. He...
Tuesday at 5:30 PM
hedrick
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Is Calvinism a heresy?
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I’m not arguing for any particular soteriology here, but looking at the implications. My sympathy with open theism has other reasons.
Monday at 5:25 AM
hedrick
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Is Calvinism a heresy?
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Sure. Calvin thought that the Fall and sin was part of God's plan. I don't see any way to avoid that, given classical assumptions about...
Sunday at 11:47 AM
hedrick
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Is Calvinism a heresy?
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Calvin doesn’t say that God prevents the non elect from salvation in the same way that he regenerates the elect. In the commentary on...
Sunday at 7:01 AM
hedrick
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Recent rise in COVID-19 cases has been mostly in states Trump won in 2016
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It’s not necessrily the politics direcyly but that Republican areas tend to have less health care for marginalized people, less...
Mar 24, 2023
hedrick
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Do all of the Christians who account themselves "Traditional" in their theology accept that the real presence is a physical reality?
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I just looked at that section of the Institutes again. I don’t think Calvin speaks of spiritual presence, but of spiritual eating. He...
Mar 20, 2023
hedrick
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Do all of the Christians who account themselves "Traditional" in their theology accept that the real presence is a physical reality?
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It's not. Calvin: "“I deny that men carry away more from the sacrament than they collect in the vessel of faith. Thus nothing is...
Mar 20, 2023
hedrick
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Do all of the Christians who account themselves "Traditional" in their theology accept that the real presence is a physical reality?
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At least my part of the Reformed tradition disagrees. I've previously posted more extensively, including from Calvin, but here's what...
Mar 20, 2023
hedrick
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Is Calvinism a heresy?
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If you assume both that God is omnipotent and that he can foresee the consequences of his actions, I think it’s hard to avoid something...
Mar 19, 2023
hedrick
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Is Calvinism a heresy?
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To answer several postings. I just reviewed that section of the Institutes. Calvin does not treat election and reprobation the same. God...
Mar 18, 2023
hedrick
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Looking for new church home?
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Both this page from a specific Disciples church Baptism – Providence Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Wikipedia article...
Mar 18, 2023
hedrick
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Towards a biblical view of universalism
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Actually it doesn't. It says that it is available to all, but all don't want it. The identities of those who don't want it are part of...
Mar 18, 2023
hedrick
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The epiclesis and the holy Eucharist.
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It’s hard to know what to say to someone who doesn‘t see the actions of the Holy Spirit as real. I certainly would agree that there are...
Mar 15, 2023
hedrick
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The epiclesis and the holy Eucharist.
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FYI, here’s what Westminster says VII. Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements in this sacrament, do then also...
Mar 14, 2023
hedrick
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The epiclesis and the holy Eucharist.
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That’s not Calvin’s expression. “We say that Christ descends to us, as well by the external symbol as by his Spirit, that he may truly...
Mar 14, 2023
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