Witsius and Turretin

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Thanks to a gift from my Field-Education church today I was able to purchase all 3-Volumes of Turretin's Institutes of Elenctic Theology and Witsius's Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man from Westminster Seminary's Bookstore.

Look forward to some heavy reading this summer between School Terms.

 

[blhowes]

Thanks to a gift from my Field-Education church today I was able to purchase all 3-Volumes of Turretin's Institutes of Elenctic Theology and Witsius's Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man from Westminster Seminary's Bookstore.

Good stuff...I think. Its pretty bad when I don't even understand the titles of some of the things you guys read.

Elenctic = ??

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Thanks to a gift from my Field-Education church today I was able to purchase all 3-Volumes of Turretin's Institutes of Elenctic Theology and Witsius's Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man from Westminster Seminary's Bookstore.

Look forward to some heavy reading this summer between School Terms.

Enjoy!

Thanks to a gift from my Field-Education church today I was able to purchase all 3-Volumes of Turretin's Institutes of Elenctic Theology and Witsius's Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man from Westminster Seminary's Bookstore.

Good stuff...I think. Its pretty bad when I don't even understand the titles of some of the things you guys read.

Elenctic = ??

Elenctic - definition of Elenctic by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Elenctic

E`lenc´tic
a. 1. (Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; - applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.

Deictic
deic·tic (dktk)
adj.
1. Logic Directly proving by argument.

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

Ben:

I enjoyed Witsius. I would also recommend for future reading by him, his work two volume work on the Apostles' Creed. It is outstanding!

 

[Whitefield]

Simply put, Elenctic is to refute by proving the opposite.

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

E`lenc´tic
a. 1. (Logic) Serving to refute; refutative;

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

ooops! sorry. I see others have already posted the definition.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Thats ok Deacon, even with the definitions I am still not 100% sure what it means.

 

[blhowes]

Elenctic

E`lenc´tic
a. 1. (Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; - applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.

Deictic
deic·tic (dktk)
adj.
1. Logic Directly proving by argument.

Thanks.

I've definitely gotta work on improving my vocabulary.

<wondering>
Who makes up these words, anyway?
</wondering>

 

[blhowes]

Simply put, Elenctic is to refute by proving the opposite.

Simple is good. Thanks.

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

Elenctic

E`lenc´tic
a. 1. (Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; - applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.

Deictic
deic·tic (dktk)
adj.
1. Logic Directly proving by argument.

Thanks.

I've definitely gotta work on improving my vocabulary.

<wondering>
Who makes up these words, anyway?
</wondering>

I believe both these words come from Lingua Latina (the Latin language).

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Elenctic

E`lenc´tic
a. 1. (Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; - applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.

Deictic
deic·tic (dktk)
adj.
1. Logic Directly proving by argument.

Thanks.

I've definitely gotta work on improving my vocabulary.

<wondering>
Who makes up these words, anyway?
</wondering>

That is how you become famous in academia I think. Make up a word and write a 500 page book about your word.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

<wondering>
Who makes up these words, anyway?
</wondering>

It comes from the word "elench" and "elenchus" (from the Greek word "élekhos") and is otherwise known as the "Method of Elenchus" or "Socratic Method."

Elench - definition of Elench by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
elenchus - definition of elenchus by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
Socratic method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[blhowes]

That is how you become famous in academia I think. Make up a word and write a 500 page book about your word.

Boy, I'm beginning to feel ostentatiativistically enlightened by this thread. How about you?

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

<wondering>
Who makes up these words, anyway?
</wondering>

It comes from the word "elench" and "elenchus" (from the Greek word "élekhos") and is otherwise known as the "Method of Elenchus" or "Socratic Method."

Elench - definition of Elench by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
elenchus - definition of elenchus by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
Socratic method - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I believe both these words come from Lingua Latina (the Latin language).

I stand corrected!

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

That is how you become famous in academia I think. Make up a word and write a 500 page book about your word.

Boy, I'm beginning to feel ostentatiativistically enlightened by this thread. How about you?

That's the ticket: Now write 500 pages on "Ostentatiativistical Enlightenment" and you'll be a great scholar too!

 

[DMcFadden]

It might also be rendered: "Polemical" theology, if you get the nuance of polemical correctly.

 

[bookslover]

Thanks to a gift from my Field-Education church today I was able to purchase all 3-Volumes of Turretin's Institutes of Elenctic Theology and Witsius's Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man from Westminster Seminary's Bookstore.

Look forward to some heavy reading this summer between School Terms.

Or you could just wait for the movies. Spielberg's directing, I think...

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

 

[py3ak]

I'll trade you a used paperback of the Bhagavad-Gita for the Turretin.

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

I'll trade you a used paperback of the Bhagavad-Gita for the Turretin.

What was it used for?

I once used a copy of L.Ron Hubbard's book to level a bookcase on a warped floor....

 

[py3ak]

Well, I think I picked it up a thrift store in Texas when I was 14, and I read it once since then, so I don't honestly know its provenance. If it will sweeten the deal I can dig out my (also paperback) copy of The Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta --the only commentary on Matthew 5-7 you'll ever need.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

I currently have a copy of Kurt Rommel's Our Father Who Art in Heaven holding up my bookcase.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

I received Turretin in the mail today and Witsius is being sent from the publisher.

Cannot wait to break into Turretin!!!

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Witsius is in!!!

 

[Theogenes]

A college professor I once had said that good communication should
Eschew Obfuscation.
BTW, Both sets are great reads! I love Turretin's thoroughness

 

[Calvin'scuz]

I'll trade you a used paperback of the Bhagavad-Gita for the Turretin.

What was it used for?

I once used a copy of L.Ron Hubbard's book to level a bookcase on a warped floor....

I did too. Problem was it made my floor worse.

 

[Quickened]

I received Turretin in the mail today and Witsius is being sent from the publisher.

Cannot wait to break into Turretin!!!

I was curious about your thoughts on Turretin since you have had some time since this thread was made. Instead of creating a new thread i thought i would enter an existing one and ask!

Since you brought up Witsius i would be curious as to your thoughts on that aswell. Only because i have been researching on that particular book these last days.