Tag Archives: sacraments

Frequency of the Lord’s Supper: Fluidity as an in-between category

Posted on August 5, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

How often should we take the Lord’s Supper?  I am going to ignore Roman Catholic and Orthodox counters for the moment.  Rome used to be quite infrequent and in EO countries many do not take the Eucharist at all (sort … Continue reading →

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R. Scott Clark: Recovering the Reformed Confession

Posted on July 24, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Clark, R. Scott.  Recovering the Reformed Confession. Dr Clark’s book can be focused around three themes: 1) a distinctively Reformed piety flows from a Reformed theology and this piety will be directly counter to the 2) Quest for Illegitimate Religious Certainty … Continue reading →

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Schaff: Church History, Volume 5 (review)

Posted on June 26, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This is his second volume on the Middle Ages. It is tempting to color the Middle Ages either as a period of gross or superstition or incredible beauty.  This answer is neither.  Or both. Much as we may be disgusted, and rightly … Continue reading →

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Review: Schaff, Church History, vol 5

Posted on September 20, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

This is his second volume on the Middle Ages. It is tempting to color the Middle Ages either as a period of gross or superstition or incredible beauty.  This answer is neither.  Or both. Much as we may be disgusted, … Continue reading →

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Schaff on the Sacramental System

Posted on September 16, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

From History of the Christian Church, vol. 5: The Middle Ages 1049-1294.  These are my notes.  I am simply reporting what Schaff reported, though I think he is accurate. Not all sacred rites, or sacramentalia, are the Seven Sacraments (703).  All … Continue reading →

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Turretin volume 3

Posted on July 31, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

And so ends one of the two greatest works of Christian dogmatics. Turretin covers a number of issues that were existentially pressing for Protestants in the 17th century, both concerning salvation and persecution. From surveying the topics concerning the Church, … Continue reading →

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Review Hodge Systematic Theology

Posted on November 3, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Charles Hodge is the highpoint of American theology. While Dabney searched deeper into the issues, Hodge’s position (if only because the North won) allowed him a wider influence. Thornwell was the more brilliant orator and Palmer the greater preacher, but … Continue reading →

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