The Calvinist InternationalThe Reformed tradition in light of catholic Christianity
Modern evangelicalism has always had something of an identity problem. Wanting to be neither Fundamentalism nor Liberalism, it has often found itself unable to sit comfortably in the middle. More often than not, and sometimes with a bit of pressure from either side, it ends up swinging back and forth between the poles, often unable […]
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 takes at least two modes: that of simply rejecting […]
Or, A Refutation of the Calumnious Slanders Lately Lodged Against the Most Judicious and Rev. D. Hooker by D. Joyce of Birmingham, in Which are Exposed hir sundrie Errors, Misquotacions, and Misconceipts which do Uniustlie Stayne his moste Noble Memorie. In her recent book, Richard Hooker and Anglican Moral Theology,[1] Alison Joyce offers an important […]
In another recent attack on the “Internationalist” R2K critics, Darryl Hart has afforded an excellent opportunity for us to draw attention to the extent to which anachronistic categories, derived from retrospectively reading back later developments into the early Reformation period, have distorted our grasp of political and ecclesiastical realities in the magisterial Reformation. (See my […]
Recent years have enjoyed a great renewal in theological conversations on the Trinity. As new questions arise, we find theologians turning to classic authors to help answer these questions. Reformed theologians have not failed to enter this conversation. Recently, several theologians have claimed that the Calvinistic or Reformed doctrine of the Trinity represents a distinctive […]
King James VI of Scotland and I of England has a split reputation among Christians. Some have nearly divinized him because of his association with the Authorized Version of the Bible. Others, typically those taking themselves to be heirs of the stricter Puritans, have reacted strongly against this portrait, going out of their way to […]
The editors of TCI have been working on a project of Protestant and Reformed Resourcement for some time. We have named this project, “How Then Have We Lived?,” in tribute to the late Francis Schaeffer. He energized the Evangelical world to move forward confidently with a Christian philosophy and engagement with the world of arts […]
This is a continuation of the paper which was begun here. It resumes the argument by investigating the Reformed Scholastics’ use of the expression and concept “compound person.”
Peter Escalante and I wrote our previous paper[1] as a historically and academically informed, yet primarily pastoral reflection on the current state of Christology in theological apologetics. It was our contention that the historical and theological discussion is most often a red herring, with the true issue being anxiety regarding ecclesiastical identity and improper catechesis. And this […]