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Originally posted by Jeff_Bartel
- That Arminianism is really "Moderate-Calvinism" and that Calvinism is really "Hyper-Calvinism."
Originally posted by crhoades
Anything by Dave Hunt
Originally posted by non dignus
Calvin can't be right because he personally burned Servetus at the stake.
Originally posted by mgeoffriau
It's really already been covered, but the formulation I hear most often is that Calvinism just makes us robots, or automatons. Another way of saying "no choice" or "no personal responsibility", but it carries with it a particularly bad connotation.
Originally posted by turmeric
Calvinists are arrogant, they think they're elect...
Puritans equated wealth with God's favor, poverty with His disfavor../quote]
When I was Romish clergy I used to believe ... and *teach* ... this precise rubbish.
Thank the Lord for His Son's blood that washed me clean of such sin and stupidity.
Originally posted by BrianBowman
Calvinism is strictly embodied in the "Five-Points" (In fact many who believe this don't even know the "Five-Points of Calvinism" were assembled *after* Calvin's death in response to the Arminian Remonstrance).
Originally posted by Scott Bushey
Calvinism is a cult........
Originally posted by Civbert
Originally posted by BrianBowman
Calvinism is strictly embodied in the "Five-Points" (In fact many who believe this don't even know the "Five-Points of Calvinism" were assembled *after* Calvin's death in response to the Arminian Remonstrance).
I've heard: The doctrines of TULIP define Calvinism. I think wikipedia has this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism#The_five_points_of_.22Calvinism.22
(appears this has been revised)
[Edited on 12-28-2005 by Civbert]
Originally posted by turmeric
Calvinists are arrogant, they think they're elect...
the best part (in my opinion) which is the exhalation of the Godhead in _ALL_ matters. God is totally sovereign and the source of all of life, truth, and decree. This is unmatched in other theologies.
A. The major differences between the LCMS and most Reformed churches include the following:
1) The centrality of the Gospel. Reformed churches tend to emphasize the "glory" or "sovereignty" of God as the central teaching of Scripture while Lutherans believe that the central teaching of Scripture--and the key to understanding and interpreting the Bible--is the Gospel: the Good News of salvation for sinners by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
4) The authority of Scripture. A fourth difference has to do with the proper use of reason and its relationship to the authority of Scripture. Lutherans look to Scripture alone as the source of all Christian doctrine, and hold to the teachings of Scripture even when they are incomprehensible to human reason. Reformed churches tend to place human reason alongside Scripture as a source of doctrinal authority, and seek to bring seemingly paradoxical Scriptural truths into harmony with human reason in ways that (in our view) undermine the truthfulness and authority of Scripture.
5) The Sacraments. Most Reformed churches (to a greater or lesser degree) view the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper merely as "signs" or "symbols" of God's grace. Lutherans believe that Baptism and the Lord's Supper (which is the true body and blood of Christ in, with, and under bread and wine) are actual means of God's grace through which the Holy Spirit works to convey and/or strengthen faith.
Originally posted by Plimoth Thom
4) The authority of Scripture. A fourth difference has to do with the proper use of reason and its relationship to the authority of Scripture. Lutherans look to Scripture alone as the source of all Christian doctrine, and hold to the teachings of Scripture even when they are incomprehensible to human reason. Reformed churches tend to place human reason alongside Scripture as a source of doctrinal authority, and seek to bring seemingly paradoxical Scriptural truths into harmony with human reason in ways that (in our view) undermine the truthfulness and authority of Scripture.
Originally posted by BrianBowman
perhaps the best part (in my opinion) which is the exhalation of the Godhead in _ALL_ matters.