Reformed ClassicalistNov 7, 201918 min readThe Divisions of Theology: Part 2I.3.ii. Applications of Theological Truth Here divisions will mean the three-fold way of knowing why we believe, knowing what we believe,...
Reformed ClassicalistNov 4, 201915 min readThe Divisions of Theology: Part 1I.3.i. Methods of Theological Inquiry Here divisions will mean the distinctions to be made between biblical, systematic, historical, and...
Reformed ClassicalistOct 20, 201914 min readThe Nature of Theology: Part 2I.2.ii. Ontological or Lexical? 1. Ontology is the study of being (ontos). To consider something from an “ontological” perspective, then,...
Reformed ClassicalistOct 16, 20199 min readThe Nature of Theology: Part 1I.2.i. Theoretical or Practical? 1. Medieval Scholastics did not all agree on the question. Alexander of Hales, Bonaventure, and Duns...
Reformed ClassicalistOct 15, 20199 min readThe Definition of Theology: Part 2I.1.ii. The Devolved Definition 1. Following Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (1781), it became universally accepted that reason...
Reformed ClassicalistOct 10, 20198 min readThe Definition of Theology: Part 1I.1.i. The Classical Definition 1. Thomas Aquinas gave us the classical definition of theology as the science of God and all other things...