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Description:Excerpt from Christian Re-Union: A Sermon If it is popularly imagined that the Presbyterian Church is Calvinistic in its doctrine to-day, such an Opinion can be entertained only by those who do not appreciate the difference between original Calvinism and the present faith Of the Church. Surely it is only in a very modified sense that the belief Of this denomination which perhaps especially counts Calvin as a spiritual and intellectual ancestor, can be called Calvinistic now. The revised summary Of doctrine accepted and adopted by our Church a few years ago is not Calvinism but instead, it contains elements which Calvin would not have endorsed and it omitselements which he insisted were essential to his System. His teaching Of the sovereignty Of God has been gradually modified into the doctrine Of the Father hood Of God, which is a very different thing. This is now the organizing principle Of our present the ology. That infinite Will which in Calvinism fore ordained evil as well as good, because it pleased and had the power so to do, has become quite another conception in modern faith, where it now is seen to be good will, the name Of which is not Power but Love. Every one Of the distinctive teachings of Calvin has been so worn away under the in uence Of what Paul calls in our text the greatest, that the change has been more like a revolution than an evolution. His view of human nature as totally depraved is nowhere taught and cherished as an article Of modern Christian Faith, or if it does still lurk in any quarter as a theoretical belief, it is not the faith that governs men's actions and procedure in the proclamation Of the Gospel. Instead, the message is preached as to men who, though they may be wandering children Of their heavenly Father, are yet children who may turn again to their Father's house. N O paralysis Of predestination withers the present appeal to the human will. Still further, Calvin's doctrine Of the hard decrees Of Calvin's God has passed away by reason Of the truer conception of the revelation Of the real God in the person of the real Jesus. SO it is that each of the five points Of Calvinism has been changed or left behind. Every feature of his theology which was essential to his rigorous system has been so modified until the faith of our Church today, in common with the faith of Christendom, bears slight resem blance to the original Calvinism Of four centuries ago. The witty paraphrase Of a familiar stanza is not untrue to fact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Christian Re-Union: A Sermon (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Christian Re-Union: A Sermon (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Christian Re-Union: A Sermon If it is popularly imagined that the Presbyterian Church is Calvinistic in its doctrine to-day, such an Opinion can be entertained only by those who do not appreciate the difference between original Calvinism and the present faith Of the Church. Surely it is only in a very modified sense that the belief Of this denomination which perhaps especially counts Calvin as a spiritual and intellectual ancestor, can be called Calvinistic now. The revised summary Of doctrine accepted and adopted by our Church a few years ago is not Calvinism but instead, it contains elements which Calvin would not have endorsed and it omitselements which he insisted were essential to his System. His teaching Of the sovereignty Of God has been gradually modified into the doctrine Of the Father hood Of God, which is a very different thing. This is now the organizing principle Of our present the ology. That infinite Will which in Calvinism fore ordained evil as well as good, because it pleased and had the power so to do, has become quite another conception in modern faith, where it now is seen to be good will, the name Of which is not Power but Love. Every one Of the distinctive teachings of Calvin has been so worn away under the in uence Of what Paul calls in our text the greatest, that the change has been more like a revolution than an evolution. His view of human nature as totally depraved is nowhere taught and cherished as an article Of modern Christian Faith, or if it does still lurk in any quarter as a theoretical belief, it is not the faith that governs men's actions and procedure in the proclamation Of the Gospel. Instead, the message is preached as to men who, though they may be wandering children Of their heavenly Father, are yet children who may turn again to their Father's house. N O paralysis Of predestination withers the present appeal to the human will. Still further, Calvin's doctrine Of the hard decrees Of Calvin's God has passed away by reason Of the truer conception of the revelation Of the real God in the person of the real Jesus. SO it is that each of the five points Of Calvinism has been changed or left behind. Every feature of his theology which was essential to his rigorous system has been so modified until the faith of our Church today, in common with the faith of Christendom, bears slight resem blance to the original Calvinism Of four centuries ago. The witty paraphrase Of a familiar stanza is not untrue to fact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Christian Re-Union: A Sermon (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Christian Re-Union: A Sermon (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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