De Moor on Trinity (cont.)

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Does 1 John 5:7 belong?

If 1 John 5:7 belongs, how is it that it is omitted in so many manuscripts?

De Moor searches Church History for answers (final installment on 1 John 5:7).

 

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In this post, De Moor paints a theological landscape, and places the Socinians among the Anti-Trinitarians.

 

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Here, De Moor begins to answer the Anti-Trinitarian arguments of the Socinians...

 

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De Moor defends the Doctrine of the Trinity against the logical assaults of the Socinians!

A tour de force in Scholastic methodology!

De Moor V:20: Answering the Anti-Trinitarian Objections of the Socinians, Part 2

Upon those logical arguments that they set in opposition, it is to be said in general, that they, because of our finite nature, and God’s infinity and truth, are to be put in subjection to Revelation, according to 2 Corinthians 10:5. Indeed, logical arguments of this sort frequently miss the...

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Get your thinking cap on...

Some theologians have denied that "person" is anything other than a mere negation of actual communication. Here, De Moor argues that "person", as applied to the Doctrine of the Trinity, is a positive concept.

I can't find the wording you stated of "it is a positive concept".

This is what I found ==> "We have also shown that subsistence in the abstract does NOT consist in anything positive, "

Am I misunderstanding what you said?

 

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Who is Jesus Christ? Can there be a more important question?

De Moor considers His identity from the Divine Titles ascribed to Him in Scripture.

https://www.fromreformationtoreform...Christ-demonstrated-from-divine-titles-part-1

 

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Protestant Scholasticism has been horribly misrepresented by modern scholarship, as if they were interested in logic and philosophy, but not Scripture.

Here, De Moor takes up 1 Timothy 3:16, showing an intense interest, not only in its theological implications, but also in textual and exegetical issues.

https://www.fromreformationtoreform...Christ-demonstrated-from-divine-titles-part-2

 

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Here, De Moor concludes his argument for the Deity of Christ from the Divine Names and Titles ascribed to Him in the Scripture.

Praise be to the Lamb!

https://www.fromreformationtoreform...Christ-demonstrated-from-divine-titles-part-3

 

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Having demonstrated the Deity of Christ from the Divine Titles ascribed to Him, De Moor now moves on to his demonstration from the Divine Attributes!

https://www.fromreformationtoreform...st-demonstrated-from-divine-attributes-part-1

 

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Here, De Moor argues for the Deity of Christ from the Scriptural attribution of ETERNITY to Him!

https://www.fromreformationtoreform...st-demonstrated-from-divine-attributes-part-2

 

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Take and read...and marvel at the beauty of our Jesus!

https://www.fromreformationtoreform...st-demonstrated-from-divine-attributes-part-3

 

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Here, our Jesus shows Himself to be the Mighty God by His Divine Works!

https://www.fromreformationtoreform...eity-of-Christ-demonstrated-from-divine-works

 

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Our matchless and majestic Jesus! worthy of Divine Worship and Praise!

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I have been sick, so I have not been getting a lot of translation done. I hope to have a new post in a few days.

 

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Was the heresiarch Ebion a real, historical person?

De Moor explores the testimony of the Church Fathers...

De Moor V:22: The Deity of the Son Defended, Part 1

The first four centuries after the birth of Christ were abounding in those that were opposed to the True Deity of the Son of God; see HOORNBEECK’S Apparatum ad Controversiam Socinianismi, pages 7-12; BULL’S Judicium Ecclesiæ Catholicæ de Necessitate credendi, quod Dominus noster Jesus Christus...

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De Moor surveys the earliest deniers of the Deity of our blessed Jesus.

Valuable...

De Moor V:22: The Deity of the Son Defended, Part 2

Concerning the Cerinthians, AUGUSTINE, de Hæresibus, chapter VIII: The Cerinthians were affirming…that Jesus was merely a man. However, the same relate that the Christ joined Himself with the man Jesus, in the time of public administration of that office in the earth, and that Jesus was going...

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De Moor chronicles the enduring influence of the arch-heretic Paul of Samosata in Photinus.

De Moor V:22: The Deity of the Son Defended, Part 3

Advancing to the third Century, our AUTHOR makes mention of the Samosatenians or Paulianists, concerning whom AUGUSTINE, de Hæresibus, chapter XLIV, speaks, The Paulianists, following Paul of Samosata, say that Christ was not always God, but assert His beginning, when He was born of Mary, and do...

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The Arminian controversy in the Netherlands was not only over the doctrines of grace, but also over the Trinity as a necessary doctrine.

De Moor's account reminds us...

De Moor V:22: The Deity of the Son Defended, Part 4

Today’s Anti-Trinitarians follow the footsteps of these; whether they now yield unto the opinion of Arius with Erasmus Johannes, who at Claudiopolis[1] in the Assembly of Anti-Trinitarians served as minister, with whom Socinus disputed this matter, who published this disputation in 1595...

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De Moor now turns his attention from the history of the Anti-Trinitarians to a refutation of their arguments.

De Moor V:22: The Deity of the Son Defended, Part 5

They Object: 1. Passages; in which, α. He, as the Son and Image of God, is distinguished from God; Catechesis Racoviana, chapter I de Cognitione Personæ Christi, question 73, page 105, But indeed, from this, that Christ is the Son of God, He appears not to be that god: otherwise He would be...

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The ancient, heretical denial of the Person of the Holy Spirit has never really gone away, and is alive and well in the present day.

De Moor investigates the relevant Scripture passages...

De Moor V:23: The Truth of the Spirit's Person Defended, Part 1

Since ancient and recent Heresy concerning the Holy Spirit varies more greatly, it is to be distinctly held: First, that He is a True Peron, which is proven; α. By His Personal Names, to be reviewed at greater length in § 26, so that the true Deity of the Spirit might also be proven from them...

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The Socianians denied the Spirit to be a true Person.

Here, De Moor tackles an assortment of their arguments...

De Moor V:23: The Truth of the Spirit's Person Defended, Part 2

δ. By Personal Works, which are everywhere attributed to the Spirit; for example, to testify concerning Christ,[1] to teach the Apostles,[2] to reveal future things,[3] to separate and call Apostles and Pastors to the ministry with a distinct commission,[4] to regenerate the elect,[5] to dwell...

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The denial of the true Person of the Holy Spirit (a heresy) is alive and well among us.

De Moor gives us Biblical ammunition to fight this persistent error!

De Moor V:23: The Truth of the Spirit's Person Defended, Part 3

ϛ. Finally, the Spirit is with great frequency joined with other Persons, as one that is Himself a Person also, whether created, Acts 15:28; compare BECMANN, Exercitationibus Theologicis XI, page 154: or uncreated, 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 John 5:7; John 14:16. If the Father and the Son...

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The true Person and Deity of the Holy Spirit...these precious truths are yet under attack!

De Moor provides "Boot Camp" training, so that we might be prepared for the defense!

De Moor V:23: The Truth of the Spirit's Person Defended, Part 4

They Object, 2. Passages in which Sending, Giving, Sharing are attributed to the Spirit, John 14:16; Acts 2:17; 1 John 4:13; etc.: see this Objection also in Catechesi Racoviana, chapter VI, question 12, page 213, “That the Holy Spirit is not a Person in the Deity, you are able to learn from...

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The Deity of the Holy Spirit has been attacked from every conceivable angle. Sometimes opponents have been forced to admit His true personality, so they attack His personality as distinct from that of the Father and the Son.

De Moor defends the Person of the Spirit as distinct...

De Moor V:24: The Spirit as a Distinct Person

Second, it is to be believed that the Holy Spirit is a Person Distinct from the Father and the Son; which we prove: α. From the personal Name of the Holy Spirit. The Triune God is predicatively called Spirit, John 4:24, to declare His spiritual Essence, which is also declared to be Holy...

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The Deity of the Holy Spirit has been attacked from every conceivable angle.

Is "Holy Spirit" merely a collective term for God's Holy Angels?

De Moor denies...

De Moor V:24: The Spirit as a Single Person

Third, it is also to be observed, that the Spirit is One Individual Person: α. From this, that He is mentioned Individually, not sometimes, but here and there and everywhere, with that passage in Revelation 1:4 only excepted, and with the history of the emblematic vision then delivered...

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De Moor begins his defense of the Deity of the Person of the Holy Spirit by a consideration of the Scriptural names and titles attributed to Him...

De Moor V:26: Defense of the Deity of the Holy Spirit, Part 1

Finally, fourth, it is to be asserted that the Holy Spirit is a Person truly Divine, or God, against all Pneumatomachi, Ancient and Recent; of which sort especially are the Macedonians of old, called Pneumatomachi, Spirit-fighters, from their error, as AUGUSTINE notes, de Hæresibus, chapter LII...

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De Moor continues his Biblical defense of the Deity of the Holy Spirit with a consideration of His attributes...

De Moor V:26: Defense of the Deity of the Holy Spirit, Part 2

2. From Attributes, Eternity, Genesis 1:2. They take exception that the Pre-existence of the Spirit before the created mass is not proven from this passage, nor His Eternity by consequence,; since the Water over which He was brooding, and the Earth, rude and disordered, were both existing at...

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De Moor continues his defense of the Deity of the Holy Spirit, by considering the divine works attributed to Him in Scripture.

Wholesome and so very important!

De Moor V:26: Defense of the Deity of the Holy Spirit, Part 3

3. From Works: α. Both of Nature, of which sort is Creation, Genesis 1:2, where the Spirit of God is found,וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃, and the Spirit of God brooded upon the face of the waters, with the similitude taken from birds, which either brood over their eggs...

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Here we have a sobering reminder that the original Arminian controversy was not just over the Doctrines of Grace, but also over the Necessity of the Doctrine of the Trinity.

De Moor discusses...

De Moor V:26: Defense of the Deity of the Holy Spirit, Part 4

4. From Divine Worship, of Baptism into His Name, commanded in Matthew 28:19; whence ATHANASIUS also proves the Deity of the Spirit, Epistle I ad Serapion de Spiritu Sancto, opera, tome 2, page 14: compare what things I have observed on this passage in § 17; and WITTICH’S Causam Spiritus...

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It is sometimes asserted that the ancient Church Fathers knew nothing of the Deity of the Holy Spirit.

De Moor demonstrates the contrary...

De Moor V:26: Defense of the Deity of the Holy Spirit, Part 5

Read carefully THEODORET, discourses in favor of the true Deity of the Holy Spirit, Hæreticarum Fabularum, book V, chapter III, opera, tome 4, pages 257-260. See the same Deity of the Holy Spirit confirmed and defended at length by the Holy Fathers, ATHANASIUS, EPIPHANIUS, GREGORY NYSSEN, and...

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