johnbugay
Puritan Board Freshman
Of course, there is an anachronism pitting Turretin vs CTC. However, Turretin described a method, which, when distilled through Newman, describes the Called to Communion apologetic perfectly.
Turretin says, in summary form, … that Protestants (rightly) look to Scripture, and they determine what “the true faith” is by studying and understanding what the Scriptures say on a doctrine-by-doctrine, or point-by-point basis. And this needs to be done. But Catholics, Turretin says, simply sweep all of this aside with one motion. They say, “We are The Church, and we decide what ‘the true faith’ is.” This imbalance in this form of argumentation accounts for many of the misunderstandings that continue to occur in these types of discussions in our day.
Triablogue: The big Roman Catholic apologetic thumb on the scales
Turretin says, in summary form, … that Protestants (rightly) look to Scripture, and they determine what “the true faith” is by studying and understanding what the Scriptures say on a doctrine-by-doctrine, or point-by-point basis. And this needs to be done. But Catholics, Turretin says, simply sweep all of this aside with one motion. They say, “We are The Church, and we decide what ‘the true faith’ is.” This imbalance in this form of argumentation accounts for many of the misunderstandings that continue to occur in these types of discussions in our day.
Triablogue: The big Roman Catholic apologetic thumb on the scales