tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post6010031958866736932..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Gnosticism, Hermeneutics, and RomeTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-73308175439534610572013-03-09T07:53:16.918+00:002013-03-09T07:53:16.918+00:00Hi,
I believe the references from Irenaeus are fro...Hi,<br />I believe the references from Irenaeus are from book 3 of 'Against Heresies', not book 4.<br />Appreciate your work.Acroamaticusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-64092983444082650722011-07-05T16:17:53.145+01:002011-07-05T16:17:53.145+01:00Truth is true. Truth is the same yesterday, today ...Truth is true. Truth is the same yesterday, today and forever. Truth is eternal.<br /><br />I highlight your point, TF:<br /><br /><i>"... But then they end up appealing to the raw authority of their own truth, as though Trent and Vatican I were wiser not only than the fathers but than the apostles as well, and that Rome alone has discovered the unadulterated truth."</i><br /><br />My Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-796481542966248242011-07-05T10:00:19.237+01:002011-07-05T10:00:19.237+01:00In all likelihood, Revelation 2:2speaks about Gnos...In all likelihood, Revelation 2:2speaks about Gnostic heretics who were touting their supposed apostolic authority:<br /><br />"I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars"Viisaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682159289133730565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-55843893843172170372011-07-04T18:30:17.057+01:002011-07-04T18:30:17.057+01:00It is important to note that the Gnostics claimed ...<i>It is important to note that the Gnostics claimed apostolic succession.</i><br /><br />Thanks for alerting me to this fact.Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-2093663797972691612011-07-04T17:33:40.235+01:002011-07-04T17:33:40.235+01:00Beautifully done, TF.
Thanks very much.
Peace.Beautifully done, TF.<br /><br />Thanks very much.<br /><br />Peace.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759432774174066023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-3676365213699219802011-07-04T14:35:38.175+01:002011-07-04T14:35:38.175+01:00Speaking of this connection between Romanism and G...Speaking of this connection between Romanism and Gnosticism, Subilia said:<br /><br />"Horace put in an epigram the paradox of the cultural and political inter-relationship of Greek and Roman civilization:<br /><br />'Captive Greece made her fierce captor her captive.'<br /><br />"One might adapt the thought to our ends in these words:<br /><br />'Captive Gnosticicm made thelouishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447894010657835114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-11881546282466433422011-07-04T13:18:39.506+01:002011-07-04T13:18:39.506+01:00Good article TF ! You are very right in what you p...Good article TF ! You are very right in what you pointed out.Chafer DTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128689713330849677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-72995080855468150222011-07-04T05:04:52.873+01:002011-07-04T05:04:52.873+01:00Moreover, the Gnostics often thought very highly o...Moreover, the Gnostics often thought very highly of celibacy and legalistic fasting. This position resembles much more the RC/EO monkish-ascetic ideal than the Protestant notion of believer's freedom in Christ.Viisaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682159289133730565noreply@blogger.com