tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977100651062963844.post1411701774950434625..comments2024-03-28T23:50:49.886-05:00Comments on Throne, Altar, Liberty: Tory Economics: Part OneGerry T. Nealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137796641408373451noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977100651062963844.post-32486211445676637292014-03-15T07:32:52.917-05:002014-03-15T07:32:52.917-05:00Luther's "The Bondage Of The Will" s...Luther's "The Bondage Of The Will" shows that Luther was an Augustinian. It does not show that he was a Calvinist. Luther and Calvin began at the same Augustinian starting point in building their cases against late Roman Catholic theology but they developed them differently and those after them took their respective interpretations of the Augustinian tradition even further apart. Today, Calvinism can mean a strict adherence to the five points of Dort from which position even Amyraldians are regarded as being on the perilous path to Pelagius. It can also be as loosely defined as to refer to anyone who believes the Christian cannot lose his justification even if that person's theology is otherwise Pelagian. By neither definition would Luther be a Calvinist. You are correct to say that all confessions regard Pelagius as a heretic. It does not follow from this that all confessions would regard themselves as Augustinian. You are Orthodox are you not? Your tradition condemns Pelagianism as heresy but in so doing does it identify itself with the first great doctor in the Western tradition? Gerry T. Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137796641408373451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977100651062963844.post-64901318211423122242014-03-13T06:46:05.462-05:002014-03-13T06:46:05.462-05:00Your statement that Luther was neither a Calvinist...Your statement that Luther was neither a Calvinist nor an Arminian, is blatantly proved false, by the one book that Luther himself, thought was the best thing he wrote: "The Bondage of the Will." Even Anglican Evangelical writer J.I. Packer notes this fact. Luther was an AUGUSTINIAN monk, for crying out loud… and where do you think Calvin got his 'lead' in writing his Institutes? From Luther!<br /><br />No, going back further, it's either Augustine or Pelagius. And everyone agrees that Pelagius was a heretic, no matter the confession. Next time, please consult with someone who knows theology, before you make economic analogies.. please?<br /><br />- Fr. John+Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com