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John Calvin's Aristotelean Cosmology
Many of John Calvin’s references to Aristotelean cosmology occur during his later years, representing his mature theology. Christopher Kaiser has shown that Calvin viewed the universe through th… more →
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John Calvin's Aristotelean Cosmology
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Eric Parker wrote 1 month ago: Many of John Calvin’s references to Aristotelean cosmology occur during his later years, repre … more →
Lambert Daneau and 'Natural Philosophy,' A Pagan Phrase?
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Eric Parker wrote 1 month ago: Lambert Daneau (1530-1595) is not a well-known man, yet he was very influential in the Genevan Acad … more →
The Standard
justinman wrote 1 month ago: Standards are established so that we may measure performance against them. There are many standards … more →
David Pareus de Creatione ex Nihilo
Eric Parker wrote 2 months ago: David Pareus, German theologian of the 17th century, defined creation as did the scholastics before … more →
Philosophy as Habitus
Eric Parker wrote 2 months ago: Sed videtur definienda, ut sit, Habitus mentibus humanis a Deo cocessus, industria et exercitio auct … more →
What if You're Wrong?
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Jerry wrote 2 months ago: I’m fairly certain I understand what the Liberty University student was really trying to ask R … more →
The Virtue of Friendship as the Basis of Society
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Eric Parker wrote 2 months ago: According to Melanchthon, man does not really need to create a reason for friendship. It is the fulf … more →
The Steve Miller Band and Metaphysics
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shotgunwildatheart wrote 3 months ago: “Time…..keeps on slipping (slipping) (slipping)….into the future……. … more →
Some thoughts on Buddhism
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Paulo wrote 3 months ago: When I was 18 and left the mission field and came to the US for college, no longer a Christian but w … more →
Jupiter Is God: Calvin on Aratus's Notitia Dei
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Eric Parker wrote 4 months ago: In ipso enim vivimus, movemur, & sumus: sicut & quidam vestratum poetarum dixerunt, Nam huiu … more →
A Reformed Education in Renaissance England
Eric Parker wrote 4 months ago: The following letter is from a young Swiss student Conrad ab Ulmis, writing to one of his sponsors J … more →
Harry G. Frankfurt's Observations on the Paradox of the Stone
shotgunwildatheart wrote 4 months ago: As a Christian apologist, from time to time I’ll encounter the Paradox of the Stone. It is int … more →
Plato's Theism and Martyr's Humanism
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Eric Parker wrote 4 months ago: The Medieval world knew Aristotle from the translations of Boethius and the Muslim commentators, all … more →
God Provides Knowledge: Heinrich Bullinger on Natural Law
Eric Parker wrote 5 months ago: Heinrich Bullinger, the Swiss successor of Zwingli, says that the natural law is an act of the consc … more →
Aristotle's Method as Promethean Fire: Melanchthon's Opinion
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Eric Parker wrote 5 months ago: The old view that the Renaissance humanists exchanged Aristotle for Plato in toto has been discredit … more →
On the Difference Between Philosophy and Theology from Philip Melanchthon's Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics
Eric Parker wrote 5 months ago: When Peter Martyr Vermigli gave his lectures on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics to the students … more →
Vermigli on the Contemplative Life
Eric Parker wrote 5 months ago: The Reformers did not believe that true perfection, as it may be had in this life, comes by living t … more →
Observations from a Sitting Duck
shotgunwildatheart wrote 5 months ago: “Duck…Duck…Duck…” The tension mounted with every word! Brandon, (with … more →
Calvin on Original Justice as Donum Pulcherrum
Eric Parker wrote 5 months ago: I ran across John Calvin’s tract against the German Interim and discovered a more Medieval exp … more →
