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When I was younger, the acronym “ACTS” was a popular shorthand for helping people to remember how to pray. The four letters stand for: Adoration; Confession; Thanksgiving; Supplication. We begin with God, and move on to sin, the solution for sin, and intercession for others. In a similar vein, John Calvin believes that all Christian duty–non […]
Last time we noted that Niels Hemmingsen finds two “prefaces” (prooemia) to the Decalogue: “And God spoke all these words, saying” and “‘I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery’”). In the first, the (inspired) authorial comment that precedes God’s speech reported in […]
I remarked previously that Irenaeus considers the content of the natural law and the Decalogue to be identical. This is pretty standard stuff generally and is the standard position of the Reformed tradition. Turretin, for instance, teaches it in his Institutes of Elenctic Theology. First, Turretin describes the moral law as “the pattern of God’s image […]
In Against Heresies 4.16, Irenaeus distinguishes between the parts of the Mosaic legislation that are abrogated and those that are still in force. He has at least two divisions: one of temporary signs, and one of eternal applicability and validity. Circumcision falls into the first group: “[W]e learn from Scripture itself, that God gave circumcision, not […]