tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post9102028725739002444..comments2024-03-15T20:15:34.428+13:00Comments on ξενος: What's wrong with the TULIP?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-39476774011888820202009-10-29T21:34:27.869+13:002009-10-29T21:34:27.869+13:00I never realised that there was an acronym for thi...I never realised that there was an acronym for this branch of Calvinism. Interesting.<br /><br />Best of all was the confirmation that this five-step dogma is not actually true Calvinism - though I'm not sure that I'll be throwing myself into the Belgic confession or Heidelberg Catechism any time soon.David and Jane Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488568428274168072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-72262335751874310562009-10-16T09:51:33.544+13:002009-10-16T09:51:33.544+13:00Hi Phil, no I haven't! I am absolutely aware,...Hi Phil, no I haven't! I am absolutely aware, and thought i made it clear, that the TULIP is not "Calvinism" but a branch of it. I was just giving my tuppence on why I have never found the TULIP very compelling. On the other hand I don't particularly feel it is my lifework to disprove it either. I'll worry about Calvin once I have Paul sorted! (Should take only about 300 years or so) Kia ora!Jonathan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295840754661890186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-36316563922502228472009-10-15T22:23:21.243+13:002009-10-15T22:23:21.243+13:00Jon,
Have you read the Canons of the Synod of Dor...Jon,<br /> Have you read the Canons of the Synod of Dort where these five points were discussed and agreed upon by an ecumenical, international group?<br /><br />They interact with Arminius' followers' concerns with these 5 areas and rebut and prove the five points. <br /><br />Having said that, you must always remember that the five points aren't the be-all and end-all of "Calvinist" theology. You can't understand the Synod's work without also reading the Belgic Confession, Heidelberg Catechism and other Reformed confessions that preceded the Synod.<br /><br />All of which is to say, you've just come into the middle of a discussion that's been going on for years and there's been a lot of trees felled in the process. <br /><br />Time to be a Berean and get stuck into the Scriptures and test these confessions! God bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com