tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post7048362510613355218..comments2023-11-05T01:28:27.551-07:00Comments on Theology of Andrew: Realist or Nominalist: ChooseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-72445725197910095242009-10-13T09:19:30.380-07:002009-10-13T09:19:30.380-07:00I tend to think that meanings have words, not the ...I tend to think that meanings have words, not the other way around. Does that make me a Nominalist?<br /><br />At any rate, I feel I've been moving in the Realist direction as a result of my reflections on the Eucharist. Would believing in the Real Presence lead to a more Realist philosophy?<br /><br />I'm also thinking that this distinction has a strong impact on biblical translation. For example, <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2019:8&version=ASV;CEV;YLT;ASV;TNIV" rel="nofollow">compare</a> treatments of Revelation 19:8.あじhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379388427897061674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-29359038445349383132009-09-29T18:46:42.458-07:002009-09-29T18:46:42.458-07:00Ok.Ok.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752373297874435269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-49195830746252738602009-09-29T16:34:28.832-07:002009-09-29T16:34:28.832-07:00What you have said is only necessarily true if
(...What you have said is only necessarily true if <br /><br />(1) Calvin teaching is the sum of Reformed theology.<br /><br />or<br /><br />(2)Calvin's view on this point is representative of Reformed theology.<br /><br />All respectable historical theologians should deny (1). While Calvin's teaching is very important to Reformed theology, it is not the sum of it. And on (2) Calvin's view on this point is neither required by Reformed theology nor the majority view.M. Jay Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196144533530725736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-47067142815873307922009-09-29T11:59:01.714-07:002009-09-29T11:59:01.714-07:00I would have to disagree with the claim that Refor...I would have to disagree with the claim that Reformed Protestantism is innocent of nominalism in terms of moral law. Look at the issue of merit. By only viewing God's sovereign freedom and denying any universal objective standard of holiness Calvin even had to agree with Ockham that "apart from God’s good pleasure, Christ could not merit anything’"<br /><br />This seems to be a complete denial of an objective morality and real human holiness.<br /><br />But I freely admit that I just stole that quote from the article I cited, and am wading into much deeper waters than is probably safe.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752373297874435269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-13948500850165182342009-09-29T10:58:52.620-07:002009-09-29T10:58:52.620-07:00A couple points of apologia:
(1) Reformed Protest...A couple points of <i>apologia</i>:<br /><br />(1) Reformed Protestantism (i.e. Reformed Catholicism) is not nominalistic. We confess that the moral law of God is based on and reflective of the immutable charater of God.<br /><br />(2) Reformed Protestantism understands that recognizing books as inspired is not the same as making them so. In other words, Scripture attests its own authority.M. Jay Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196144533530725736noreply@blogger.com