That the Scriptures are also strict injunctions of Divine Authority concerning our duties. The reason of our faith and obedience to the Scriptures, is into their Divine Authority, which as it is the greatest of all, so upon less we may not depend…God is infallible in his understanding, faithful in his declarations, and so highlyContinue reading “Nathaniel Ingelo, 1659, on Divine Inspiration in Peter 1:20-21”
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Musculus, 1578, on the Theocentricity of Scripture’s Authority
Of the truth and accomplishment of the holy scriptures The truth of the holy Scriptures dependeth upon the truth of God who is the author of them. He that doubteth the truth of them, either does not believe that they were uttered by the instance of the Holy Spirit, or else if he doubts notContinue reading “Musculus, 1578, on the Theocentricity of Scripture’s Authority”
Richard Allestree,1678, on the Preservation of Scripture
6. And for this, God (whose care is equal for all successions of men) hath graciously provided, by causing Holy Scriptures to be written, by which he hath derived on every succeeding age the illumination of the former. And for that purpose, endowed the writers not only with that moral fidelity requisite to the truthContinue reading “Richard Allestree,1678, on the Preservation of Scripture”
INTRODUCTION TO THE POST-CRITICAL THEOLOGICAL MILIEU
“The current zeitgeist [spirit of the time] is not so much a philosophy as it is the cultural milieu, the background for all philosophies and perspectives in existence. Life is no longer understood as dependent on a transcendent ruler of time and history. There is no infinite reference point…. Personal destiny is seen is beginningContinue reading “INTRODUCTION TO THE POST-CRITICAL THEOLOGICAL MILIEU”
William Bucanus, 1659, Professor of Divinity in the University of Lausanne, on Scripture’s Self-attesting Witness
Common Place IIII. Of the Holy Scripture What is the Scripture called? The Scripture, putting one name for another is used for the writings of the Prophets and Apostles, which the company of the faithful doth religiously use for the instruction in godliness. And it is called holy, because, being delivered of God, it containethContinue reading “William Bucanus, 1659, Professor of Divinity in the University of Lausanne, on Scripture’s Self-attesting Witness”
John Owen, 1658, on Self-authenticating Scripture
Sect. 5. That then which is to be the establishment of the Souls of Believers, I shall labor to prove and evince, is plainly this, namely, that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, do abundantly, and uncontrollably manifest themselves to be the Word of the living God; so that merely on the accountContinue reading “John Owen, 1658, on Self-authenticating Scripture”
Dr. Peter Van Kleeck, Sr., Musings in Bibliology 