De Moor on Trinity (cont.)

dildaysc · Dec 14, 2021

After a lengthy Biblical defense of the Deity of the Holy Spirit, De Moor takes up a handful of lingering objections from Scripture texts. Pointed and concise...

De Moor V:27: Defense of the Deity of the Holy Spirit, Part 6

Our AUTHOR advises that there are hardly any unresolved Objections remaining: only we desire here to consider the ἡττήματα/blots on the divine Perfections apparently ascribed to the Spirit, but only apparently. Thus, for example: They Object, α. That the Spirit is not Eternal, John 7:39, οὔπω...

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dildaysc · Dec 28, 2021

Can unaided reason, in man's fallen state, operating on nature, deduce the Doctrine of the Trinity?

De Moor denies...

De Moor V:28: The Sublimity of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 1

The Doctrine of the Trinity, hitherto explained and abundantly confirmed, our AUTHOR now at length commends from its Sublimity, § 28; from its Necessity, § 29, and also from its Utility, § 30. The Doctrine of the Trinity is so sublime, that it surpasses the Reason of corrupt Man, from which it...

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dildaysc · Jan 3, 2022

Can unaided reason, in man's fallen state, operating on nature, deduce the Doctrine of the Trinity?

De Moor denies...

De Moor V:28: The Sublimity of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 2

Our AUTHOR resolves the Objections that are asserted in favor of the natural knowledge of this Doctrine; and at the same time shows that it is perilous in the extreme to wish to illustrate this Mystery from Arguments and Similitudes taken from nature. They Object, 1. various Passages, α...

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dildaysc · Jan 13, 2022

Were there vestiges of Trinitarian doctrine among the ancient Gentiles?

If so, did it come from fallen reason operating upon nature?

De Moor explores...

De Moor V:28: The Sublimity of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 3

They Object, 2. the Authority of Hermes Trismegistus,[1] the Sibyls,[2] Plato, etc. Thus ATHANASIUS KIRCHER[3] out of HERMES TRISMEGISTUS sets forth what things he believes to have regard to this: yet Kircher does not hence conclude in favor of the natural knowledge of this Mystery; but he...

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dildaysc · Jan 19, 2022

Sometimes, in order to elucidate the Doctrine of the Trinity, arguments and similitudes are brought from nature. But does this make matters more or less clear?

De Moor cautions us...

De Moor V:28: The Sublimity of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 4

They Object, 3. various Arguments and Similitudes, reviewed by our AUTHOR. I Respond with our AUTHOR, that both of these are only discovered after Revelation, and that they are invalid and dissimilar in many ways: so that the Arguments adduced do not at all have the force of demonstration...

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dildaysc · Jan 22, 2022

It is sometimes asserted that the Doctrine of the Trinity is not necessary for salvation.

A strange assertion...

De Moor demonstrates the opposite from Scripture...

De Moor V:29: The Necessity of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 1

The Doctrine of the Trinity is also an Article necessary to be believed for Salvation. That is, this doctrine, with respect to the matter, not with respect to all the terms that are able to be applied in expressing it; is so Necessary, that it is not able to be denied without the loss of...

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dildaysc · Jan 28, 2022

The Arminian Crisis in the Netherlands was not just about the doctrines of grace, as precious as they are. The Remonstrants had also introduced a destructive criticism of the Scripture (principium cognoscendi), and denied the necessity of the Doctrine of the Trinity (principium essendi).

De Moor takes us back to the latter issue...

De Moor V:29: The Necessity of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 2

The Remonstrants here set themselves in opposition, inasmuch as Episcopius in TRIGLAND responds to the Question concerning the Necessity of this Article, that to him the Arguments on the negative side appear to be of far more weight; see Antapologiam, chapter V, pages 78b, 86b-88. The πρῶτα...

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dildaysc · Feb 1, 2022

The Arminian conflict in the Netherlands was not just about the Doctrines of Grace...

Here, De Moor defends the practical usefulness of the Doctrine of the Trinity against the assaults of the old Arminian Remonstrants...

De Moor V:30: The Utility of the Doctrine of the Trinity

We additionally observe, that the doctrine of the Trinity is also deservedly commended by its Utility for the practice of true Piety, against the same Remonstrants, who think that no particular practical Uses are able to be derived from the doctrine of the Trinity, beyond those that the doctrine...

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dildaysc · Feb 4, 2022

Completing this thread...

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