tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post115065632086902660..comments2024-03-27T20:28:38.015-04:00Comments on Reasonable Christian: George Whitefield on the 17th Article of ReligionCharlie J. Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-1150928694005646612006-06-21T18:24:00.000-04:002006-06-21T18:24:00.000-04:00Charlie said... Hi, John.....I made a mistake. I'm...Charlie said... <BR/>Hi, John.....<BR/><BR/>I made a mistake. I'm sorry. The Confessions do deal with some of the issues Protestants are concerned about. However, Augustine's Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints in his writings against the pelagians deals specifically with predestination and reprobation. Here's a link to the work at http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf105.xxi.ii.html.<BR/Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-1150928513876819382006-06-21T18:21:00.000-04:002006-06-21T18:21:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-1150907214177343472006-06-21T12:26:00.000-04:002006-06-21T12:26:00.000-04:00Charlie, Good point about Aquinas and the august...Charlie,<BR/><BR/> Good point about Aquinas and the augustinanian order in general. I took a class on the subject from Paul Helm. He also includes Anselm, particularly his work De Concordia. The work was quite difficult to read, but I think Helm may be right to include Anselm here.<BR/><BR/>Could you point me to Augustine's discussion of predestination in the Confessions? I am not too Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-1150839356546204302006-06-20T17:35:00.000-04:002006-06-20T17:35:00.000-04:00Hi, John...I don't have that much time to read mys...Hi, John...<BR/><BR/>I don't have that much time to read myself since I'm working in construction at this time to support myself. However, I've found that church history is just as important as systematic theology or biblical theology because there is nothing new under the sun. Most of the problems we deal with today have been dealt with before from a different angle, excepting maybe some of Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-1150826485799122062006-06-20T14:01:00.000-04:002006-06-20T14:01:00.000-04:00Charlie, Very insightful post. I do not have mu...Charlie,<BR/><BR/> Very insightful post. I do not have much time to read church history, but if I did, I would read Whitefield in a heart beat. <BR/><BR/>Have you read much Augustine on this matter? Do you think that he held to double predestination or not? I am inclined to think that he does, and that there is no substantive difference between him and Calvin on this point. I have read Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com