bconway52
Puritan Board Freshman
I am currently a senior at Liberty University through their distance learning and am going for a B.S. of Religion. I am enrolled in Church history 302 (Reformation till present) and am going to be writing a paper on the rise of Arminianism this semester.
My first proposed thesis was:
Therefore, in this paper, we will discuss the rise of Amrinianism and the major people involved in its origination, the reasons for its emergence, the errors of its doctrine, and the serious consequences brought about by these errors.
The professor rejected it because it was too much of a theological issue rather than an historical issue. Well, I understand that and, in fact, this may have been too much for a 12 page paper. So I rewrote it taking about the part about the "errors of its doctrine" to this:
Thus, in this paper, the rise of Amrinianism will be discussed and analyzed. We will look at the the people involved in its origination and some of the reasons for its emergence, keeping in mind that God is sovereign over history and works all things for His glory.
He rejected this thesis because I used the phrase "keeping in mind that God is sovereign over history and works all things for His glory" because this too was theological. What other perspective do we write an historical paper from then?
Does anyone else see a problem with this or am I just blinded?
My first proposed thesis was:
Therefore, in this paper, we will discuss the rise of Amrinianism and the major people involved in its origination, the reasons for its emergence, the errors of its doctrine, and the serious consequences brought about by these errors.
The professor rejected it because it was too much of a theological issue rather than an historical issue. Well, I understand that and, in fact, this may have been too much for a 12 page paper. So I rewrote it taking about the part about the "errors of its doctrine" to this:
Thus, in this paper, the rise of Amrinianism will be discussed and analyzed. We will look at the the people involved in its origination and some of the reasons for its emergence, keeping in mind that God is sovereign over history and works all things for His glory.
He rejected this thesis because I used the phrase "keeping in mind that God is sovereign over history and works all things for His glory" because this too was theological. What other perspective do we write an historical paper from then?
Does anyone else see a problem with this or am I just blinded?