Posted in Doctrine of God, augustine, sin, tagged epistemology, God's will, predestination, confessions on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
You have ordered it, and so it is, that every disordered mind should be its own punishment. (St. Augustine, Confessions, I.12)
Posted in Christology, Luther, atonement, sin, tagged Luther, Person of Christ on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Martin Luther replies to the claims of the ’sophists’ who say “But it is highly absurd and insulting to call the Son of God a sinner and a curse [in reference to Gal. 3:13]!” Luther says,
“If you want to deny that He is a sinner and a curse, then deny also that He suffered, was [...]
Posted in atonement, redemption, sin, tagged atonement, imago dei, redemption, sin on February 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It is important to ask if sin is an ontological reality rather than an exclusive legal reality. To ask this is also to ask if man’s relationship to God is effected by the nature of man’s reflecting God’s own image. Aquinas’ distinction in two ways is helpful:
On the part of Christ he [Paul] writes of [...]
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