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Hemmingsen continues on in his Enchiridion theologicum on the senses in which freedom is, and is not, left to man after the Fall. He has so far affirmed freedom in the first three degrees of action. Before he moves on to the fourth degree, he says this: “There are, moreover, two types of actions that pertain […]
I recently posted an excerpt from Niels Hemminsen’s “Theological Handbook” (Enchiridion theologicum) in which he analyzes the four “degrees” of action that are possible for man. He does this in the context of a discussion on free choice (liberum arbitrium) (n.b., not “free will”) in order to further analyze the freedom in those various types […]
Origen, in his Commentary on Romans, poses an interesting solution to the question of what keeps the free will from falling away once it has been restored to God by grace: Now precisely what it is that would restrain the freedom of will in the future ages to keep it from falling again into sin, […]
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 […]