This is the rule of our faith, the foundation of our building, and the consolidation of our way of life. God, the Father, uncreated, unlimited, invisible, one God, the creator of the universe—this is the first article of our faith. The second article is the Word of God, the Son of God, Jesus Christ our [...]
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Baptism in the Name of the Trinity
Posted in Anglican, Theology on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Gibson – Atonement
Posted in Anglican, Theology on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Edgar Gibson’s Commentary on the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England (Methuen & Co. London, 1904) is a very helpful resource. Dr. Gibson thoroughly examines each article and includes controversies related to how they were articulated. He also does a commendable job of contextualizing the articles within The Great Tradition (i.e. the first [...]
Irenaeus – Atonement as Recapitulation (Christus Victor)
Posted in Anglican, Theology on January 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
In the words of St. Irenaeus: “As a man caused the fall, so a man must cause the restoration. He must be a man able to sum up (recapitulare) all the human species in Himself, so as to bear the punishment of all, and to render an obedience that will compensate for their innumerable acts [...]
Article II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man.
Posted in Anglican, Theology on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From the Articles of Religion: The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man’s nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is to [...]
Atonement – Not all the blood of beasts (Isaac Watts)
Posted in Theology on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain Could give the guilty conscience peace Or wash away the stain. But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of nobler name And richer blood than they. My faith would lay its hand On that dear head divine As penitently here [...]
Atonement Theologies
Posted in Anglican, Theology on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My previous post on the Doctrine Commission’s view on atonement admittedly was a bit obtuse. I’ve been studying the traditional atonement theologies in lieu of preaching this Sunday on John 1:29-45 – a traditional epiphany passage where John the Baptizer reveals the identity of Jesus to the surrounding crowds. He says: The next day he [...]
1922 Doctrine Commission on Atonement
Posted in Anglican, Theology on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Commission here attempts the difficult task of drawing together in a brief statement the essence of centuries of Christian debate on why God became man and how his death redeemed us The preaching of the Cross is the proclamation of a fact far richer than any theory of Atonement. In the history of the [...]
Peter Kreeft on The Problem of Evil and Suffering
Posted in Theodicy, Theology on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Problem of Evil and Suffering from The Veritas Forum on Vimeo. Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and at the King’s College (Empire State Building), in New York City. He is a regular contributor to several Christian publications, is in wide demand as a speaker at conferences, and is [...]
