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1 | Calvin or Armini | Bible general Archive 3 | God's-elect | 186691 | ||
I recently was intoduced to Calvineism and arminisium. After a brief study of each I have a simple question. Why would one of God's elect waste time and argue with the arminisium point of view. On the same hand why study calvinism ,which I mostly agree with, when you can read read the bible. One thing is sure. Jesus Christ is the saviour and chooses his people. To deny this, denies his soveriegn mercy and grace. And please dont argrue about free will. Just tell me why study such things. | ||||||
2 | Calvin or Armini | Bible general Archive 3 | Psalm 25 | 186782 | ||
John Calivin was simply the "spokesman" for the entire council.He did not "invent" the doctrine. However, Joseph Arminius and a few followers presented their view that countered the council's view and that of all the church at that time. While Joseph Arminius was responsible for his view John Calvin was only "a spokesman" for the views held by the entire church council. Sometime after that the oppossing sides were then given the labels "calvinist" and "arminianism." Historically the church has been strongly calvinist. Today calvinist are few and far between, sadly. Why should you study either? Very important. Don't get hung up on "labels" put on them. The calvinist view gives all the glory and honor and credit to God. The arminian view gives most (if not all) of the credit to mankind being "able" to believe in God. Although both views have extremes, the free will premice seems to have no boundaries and has led to all kinds of extremes. I highly recommend "Willing to Believe" by R.C. Sproul, Baker Books, 1997. You won't find anything better and it gives a complete historic and honest comparison of both sides. Highly documented and precise. |
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3 | Calvin or Armini | Bible general Archive 3 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 186802 | ||
From the little I have read, that "Historically the church has been strongly calvinist" does not seem to be an accurate account of Church History. Would you be able, if it is not going beyond the scope of this forum, to provide a couple of references from the first two or three hundred years? |
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