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Originally Posted by shackleton I have seen several references to Kline's views being radically opposed to the views of theonomy. Could someone find it in their heart to give a brief overview of this problem.
Thanks in advance.  | Funny, I was just wondering the same thing. I know that Kline, obviously, was opposed to Theonomy, but I've no idea why some react to him, and those who agree with him (even in part) as if they were the antichrist. Apparently I'm Klinean, but don't know exactly why  I can't see that the use of ANE studies as part of grammatico-historical interpretation is all there is to the story. | Theonomists who follow Bahnsen tend to react to Kline in the way you have described for two reasons. First, Kline's own theory of ethics is notTheonomic indeed it could be called, if I correctly understand it, contra-Theonomic at a number of points; second Kline wrote an article ( Kline_on_Theonomy) in the WTJ that was not only highly critical of Bahnsen's Theonomy in Christian Ethics, but descended to a number of ad hominem arguments, not to say insults, to make its points.
As Ligon Duncan has already noted, Kline also misunderstood the relationship of the original WCF to Bahnsen's Theonomy.
In my view Kline's article does more to help Theonomy than discredit it.
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