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The Metaphysics of Scripture

Post author By Andrew Fulford
Post date February 5, 2014

Thinkers have sometimes stated that scripture is not metaphysical, or does not do metaphysics. This is obviously correct in one sense: the writings of the Bible are not generally characterized by philosophical jargon, but rather for the most part appear in everyday language. However, this statement is not true in another sense: the Bible does […]

Tags accident, act, Aristotle, causation, common sense, efficient cause, essence, essentialism, final cause, formal cause, four causes, material cause, metaphysics, potency, property, realism, scripture, substance

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Calvin on Providence as Paternal Governance

Post author By Steven Wedgeworth
Post date April 3, 2013

Much has been written on John Calvin’s doctrine of divine providence. He is typically, but wrongly, thought to be a sort of pioneer in this field, as if the doctrine of predestination were his trademark. We won’t fool ourselves into thinking that we can overturn this image, nor will we try to add much to […]

Tags assurance, causation, divine providence, free agency, free will, institutes of the christian religion, John Calvin, natural laws, predestination