Category Archives: Mercersburg Theology

Holy Tradition’s Importance to Canon Formation

Posted on December 1, 2012 by robertar

  Holy Tradition’s Importance to Canon Formation: A Response to Prof. Daniel Wallace Daniel B. Wallace, Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary (perhaps the leading dispensational seminary in the world), wrote Continue Reading

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An Eastern Orthodox Critique of Mercersburg Theology

Posted on July 22, 2012 by robertar

Mercersburg Theology’s High Church Calvinism: A Dead End? In recent years a renewed interest in Mercersburg Theology has emerged among Calvinists.  This can be seen by Keith Mathison’s Given For You: Reclaiming Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Continue Reading

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Unintentional Schism? A Response to Peter Leithart’s “Too catholic to be Catholic”

Posted on June 12, 2012 by robertar

Of late Protestantism seems to be undergoing a “climate change.”  Theological positions are shifting and church affiliations are undergoing realignment in surprising ways.  Reformed Christians are rediscovering liturgical worship and the church Continue Reading

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Platonic Dualism in the Reformed Understanding of the Real Presence?

Posted on April 28, 2012 by robertar

Recently there was a discussion on this site about the Reformed tradition’s understanding of the real presence.  Russ Warren was criticized for his explanation that in the Eucharist we ascend to heaven and there mystically feed on Christ’s body and … Continue reading →

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High Church Calvinism: Out on a Theological Limb?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by robertar

    The Reformed tradition is evolving in interesting directions as people seek to recover the historic and liturgical church. Two recent blog postings highlight this trend.     “Refutation of Reformed Catholicism” Continue Reading

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Book Review: The Mercersburg Theology and the Quest for Reformed Catholicity

Posted on October 17, 2011 by robertar

The Mercersburg Theology and the Quest for Reformed Catholicity.   By W. Bradford Littlejohn In recent years there has been a growing interest in Mercersburg Theology among young Reformed scholars.  Why the interest in a “dinky little German seminary, Continue … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Incarnation and Sacrament

Posted on July 24, 2011 by robertar

Incarnation and Sacrament: The Eucharistic Controversy between Charles Hodge and John Williamson Nevin.  By Jonathan G. Bonomo In 2010, Jonathan Bonomo published his Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary M.A. thesis under the title: Incarnation and Continue Reading

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