As Calvin was never a Catholic priest perhaps his first belief did include this view.
Normally this is a fabrication constructed from John Calvin's view of Assurance, not salvation.
I know they're false assertions. Required "daily confession of sins" is not an aspect of R.C. Sproul's theology, nor Gerstner's.
Clearly you didn't catch the meaning of the doctrine of Limited Atonement, Benefactor.
The basic assertion is that the Atonement actually saves the people. Either you're asserting Jesus actually did save "all men" and "all", or you're equivocating verses. The Atonement really atones for the sin of those it atones for.
Limited Atonement misunderstood yet again.
If the poster knew what it meant, he'd be pointing out that
his side is a view of limited atonement as well.
When the atonement is made universal its inherent value is destroyed. If it is applied to all men, and if some are lost, the conclusion is that it makes salvation objectively possible for all but that it does not actually save anybody. According to the Arminian theory the atonement has simply made it possible for men to co-operate with divine grace and thus save themselves — if they will. But tell us of one cured of disease and yet dying of cancer, and the story will be equally luminous with that of one eased of sin and yet perishing through unbelief. The nature of the atonement settles its extent. If it merely made salvation possible, it applied to all men. If it effectively secured salvation, it had reference only the elect. As Dr. Warfield says, "The things we have to choose between are an atonement of high value, or an atonement of wide extension. The two cannot go together." The work of Christ can be universalized only by evaporating its substance.
Let there be no misunderstanding at this point. The Arminian limits the atonement as certainly as does the Calvinist. The Calvinist limits the extent of it in that he says it does not apply to all persons (although as has already been shown, he believes that it is efficacious for the salvation of the large proportion of the human race); while the Arminian limits the power of it, for he says that in itself it does not actually save anybody. The Calvinist limits it quantitatively, but not qualitatively; the Arminian limits it qualitatively, but not quantitatively. For the Calvinist it is like a narrow bridge which goes all the way across the stream; for the Arminian it is like a great wide bridge which goes only half-way across. As a matter of fact, the Arminian places more severe limitations on the work of Christ than does the Calvinist. -- Loraine Boettner
