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It is now asked, whether the Spirit thus proceeds through the mode of Spiration from the Father alone, or from the Father and the Son...

But the Epithet of Holy, which is everywhere added to the Noun Spirit, inasmuch as He is called, not only τὸ Πνεῦμα ἅγιον, the Holy...

This Going Forth of the Spirit is conceptualized after the manner of the going forth of breath from the mouth, and hence it is wont to be...

At the same time, if you compare the Commentarium of the Most Illustrious LAMPE on John 15:26, with his apology against the Reverend...

Finally, Ἐκπόρευσις/Procession is attributed to the Holy Spirit, John 15:26.[1] When to the Holy Spirit is attributed Going Forth,...

Certainly the Scripture itself teaches that the Son is Equal to the Father, John 5:18, 23; Philippians 2:6: but hence it is certain that...

Of course, in Chapter IV, § 20, we saw that by Independence God is of Himself negatively, not in the sense of being His own Cause; and...

It is to be observed in addition, that this Generation of the Son does not prevent Him, with the Spirit, from being called...

You might indeed say that the first origin of the Error of Röellius was at this point, that he attributed too much to the natural Reason...

And, so that the Theologians of Leiden might gain credit for the things just now said, they subjoin a collation between the principal...

[And the care of the Dutch Synods against him ought to be highly commended and diligently observed.]See Judicium Ecclesiasticum contra...

δ. In this way the Mystery of the Trinity necessarily goes forth either unto Tritheism, that is, if the distinction of the Persons is...

4. A Theologian in the Netherlands, recently Philosophizing, proceeds our AUTHOR, is not able and ought not to be passed over here...

Take Up and Read! Shortly after my conversion to Christ, I became a regular listener to the radio broadcast of Dr. R.C. Sproul.  Through Dr. Sproul I was exposed to Reformed theology for the first time, and, from the first, I was captivated.  I was quite interested, of course, when he mentioned that he thought that Jonathan Edwards’ Freedom of the Will was the most important, most theologically formative, book that he had ever read.  I ordered it immediately and waited anxio

But Tolerance differs much from Syncretism. We admit the former concerning Heretics as well as Infidels in the external society of the world, imitating the example of God Himself, who bears with the same in His Tolerance, and does not deprive them of life: consult PETER MARTYR’S [1] Locos communes , division II, chapter IV, pages 135-147; and the Letters of Frederick III, Elector Palatine, in the year 1566, sent unto the Duke of Savoy for the favor of the Waldenses, [

β. There is to be no Syncretism with any Heretics, that is, who err Fundamentally, which is to be held especially in the case of the Socinians and Papists , as it is evident from what has already been said, and will be made more abundantly evident throughout the entire System. Concerning the Papists , consult in particular what things our AUTHOR has, Chapter XXXII, § 12-14. Concerning the Socinians , see HOORNBEECK’S Apparatum ad Controversias Socinianas , pages 80-85; SPA

But, as Religion requires such a Confession, so true Religion refuses Mixture with False Religion , either in the same Men, 1 Kings 18:21; Matthew 6:24; 22:37, or in the same body of the Church, Titus 3:10; 2 John 10; Revelation 2:14, 15, with practice also teaching this, in Paul’s delivery of Hymenæus and Philetus [1] to Satan, 1 Timothy 1:20. Whence Syncretism ought to be condemned, which Greek noun, Συγκρητισμὸς/ Syncretism , our AUTHOR best explains in his Compendio ; t

2. Nevertheless, true Religion requires a Prudent Confession, not with a worldly prudence, of which Luke 16:8, and which might persuade them to adjust themselves to whatever Religion for a time: but with a holy Prudence, which belongs to the children of God, which the Lord commends, Matthew 10:16, and which both dissuades from giving an occasion for a profanation of the mysteries of Religion by an untimely profession, Matthew 7:6, and prohibits them from rashly exposing them

True Religion requires the Confession of it, 1. Free and Constant , unto Martyrdom, according to the divine declaration of the Lord Himself, Matthew 10:32, 33, compared with Mark 8:38, and the grave command of the same, Revelation 2:10: which things are confirmed by the Apostles, when they teach that the Faith of the heart and Confession of the mouth are to be conjoined, Romans 10:9, 10; they will each believer always to be prepared to give an ἀπολογίαν/ apology/answer

Now, the More Specific Marks , also sought out of the Scriptures, will prove the excellence of the Reformed Religion above all others. They are these: 1. Esteem of and attention to the Scriptures , 2 Peter 1:19, 20, upon which passage consult my Commentary . This obtains in the Reformed Religion, in comparison with that of the Papists , who next to the Sacred Scripture urge Traditions, and even cause the authority of Scripture to depend upon the Church, keep the common people