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John Henry Newman, (Questionable) Reader (?) of Calvin

A friend notes that John Henry Newman says this in An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine: Calvinism, again, in various distinct countries, has become Socinianism, and Calvin himself seems to have denied our Lord’s Eternal Sonship and ridiculed the Nicene Creed. My initial impulse upon reading this is to quote a proverb of A.E. Housman: “Terence, this is […]

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Is There a Calvinist Doctrine of the Trinity?

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 […]