SP Theologiae

  The Gospel as an epistemic artifact (or a body of doctrine/s) can only be 1 of 3 things Considering the Gospel is treated as a "Believe this to be saved" 'thing', this topic warrants some commenting. -First, the Gospel could be the knowledge of the Covenant of Redemption, as this would be principial to Christian soteriology and trinitarianism. This understanding is the most simple of the 3. -Second, it could be the entire Christian Religion and all its doctrines. Rendering all biblical and systematic doctrines necessary to be saved. This understanding is the most questionable considering most lay couldn't articulate most doctrines, and all educated theologians would still disagree on secondary/tertiary points, so as to make Zwingli a heretic in the eyes of Calvin or Calvin a heretic in the eyes of Turretin...This does seem to be an unreasonable construction. -Third, is the interpretive category in which Christians must formulate and systematise what really does...

 In this short article (I will try to keep it as brief as possible), we will evaluate Turretins doctrine of Election; in light of Robert Letham's criticism in his "Systematic Theology, 14.1.3, Election in Christ".  Letham's excerpt provides the context of the proceeding article: "Election in Christ merits additional emphasis in that it has often been overlooked. Calvin and Zanchius taught it vividly. So too did Thomas Goodwin later. All God’s blessings are received in union with Christ, from before creation. Election must therefore be seen foremost as in Christ from eternity. This is far removed from a cold, abstract display of logic. It is not present in Turretin, whose construction of election in Christ raises questions over his Christology. He was reacting against Arminius, for whom Christ was the foundation of election on which basis God elected individuals whom he foresaw would believe, and against Amyraut, who asserted that the merits of Christ were the fou...