24 May 2013
Posted by Andrew Fulford 
Having now completed our survey of the Old Testament, extracanonical Jewish Literature, and New Testament texts, we have demonstrated that natural law is woven deeply into the fabric of biblical teaching, especially the notion of an objective order for the universe, including a moral order, framed by God and discernible by...
Read more → 11 May 2013
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
My post entitled "The Myth of the Ecumenical Early Church" was actually taken from a paraphrase of a paper I wrote while in seminary in 2007. As a part of the assignment, my paper had to present a "problem" in church history and leave the resolution open-ended. This was not intended to question the resolution...
Read more → 08 May 2013
Posted by Andrew Fulford 
In my introductory post, I attempted to define the concepts I will seek to exegetically support. The three hypotheses I have set out to prove are: (N1) there is an objective order to the universe of the kind described above (N2) this order is objectively visible; it is there to be seen, whether...
Read more → 07 May 2013
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
Most people familiar with church history have heard of John Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Not quite so many know that it was actually titled The Acts and Monuments and was much, much longer. Indeed, The Acts and Monuments would have hardly been accessible at all just a few years ago. Now you can read...
Read more → 06 May 2013
Posted by Andrew Fulford 
Though probably more associated with stuffy monks and ivory tower philosophers, natural law, it’s hard to deny, has recently become sexy. Well, the topic of discussion has, anyway. Writers have debated the metaphysical, epistemological, scientific, theological, ethical, apologetic, political, and even...
Read more → 03 May 2013
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
The Reformed tradition has of late found some difficulty in understanding and articulating its relationship to the early church tradition and the patristic record. It typically takes one of two approaches. The first, and unfortunately most common, is to dispense with the tradition altogether. This approach...
Read more → 29 Apr 2013
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
One of the most enduring misconceptions of the pre-Nicene and Nicene church (what sometimes goes by the nomenclature “the early church”) is that it was more or less united, both doctrinally and politically. One can see this assumption at work in the use of the definitive article as well as the title...
Read more → 08 Apr 2013
Posted by Peter Escalante 
In a sequel to the recent controversy regarding natural law discussions at First Things, which we addressed here, Dr Thaddeus Kozinski took Dr Feser to task for, supposedly, positing natural reason as an ahistorical and areligious power of self-direction. If Hart, Dreher, and Leithart grant too little...
Read more → 25 Mar 2013
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
Our friends and occasional associates Dr. Jordan Ballor and Mr. Brad Littlejohn have published a very helpful article on the variety of views on church discipline among Reformed churches in the 16th century. Their article goes a long way at clearing up the supposed Geneva-Zurich bifurcation, and they...
Read more → 18 Mar 2013
Posted by Peter Escalante 
We watched with interest the recent controversy in the pages of First Things on natural law,[1] knowing that sooner or later the spry Dr Feser would say the right thing and settle the matter. When he did, we said he had said the right thing, and in doing so said that certain First Things contributors...
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