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Puritan Board Freshman
We cannot presuppose anything without the use of propositions. The Canonization of Scripture as an event is posteriori, but the very existence of the Word of God is a priori which of course is then revealed by way propositions to man in order to make sense of anything at all. Romans 1 and John 1. See also the 1st chapter of the WCF.I agree, but if we are presupposing Scripture in order to make sense of everything--and granted that is a more Clarkian slant than a Van Tillian one--it is not clear why we need the Protestant canon to do so. Now, if the Van Tillian isn't claiming as much as first generation presups did, then he can say that the Protestant canon is justified on historical grounds, and I wouldn't disagree. That is a more moderate claim.
I will try to say it another way:
If we take our stand on the Self-Contained Concrete Universal, we presumably do so from knowledge of Scripture, yet the canon of Scripture is an posteriori fact. A legitimate one, but one doesn't normally think of a posteriori facts as the things we need to make sense of everything else.
The fact that the Canon is the Word of God is justified by the Logos Himself and it is by Him alone that any man has any understanding whatsoever (John 1:9). Where do we find this? From the very mind of God Himself that is contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and is the only rule whereby we may glorify God and enjoy Him.
To be clear, I am not saying the Word of God contains the WHOLE mind of God. There must be a proper application of Deut 29:29.We cannot presuppose anything without the use of propositions. The Canonization of Scripture as an event is posteriori, but the very existence of the Word of God is a priori which of course is then revealed by way propositions to man in order to make sense of anything at all. Romans 1 and John 1. See also the 1st chapter of the WCF.
The fact that the Canon is the Word of God is justified by the Logos Himself and it is by Him alone that any man has any understanding whatsoever (John 1:9). Where do we find this? From the very mind of God Himself that is contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and is the only rule whereby we may glorify God and enjoy Him.