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Dear zone,
You told me what you are not. You said you don't care what John Calvin taught. You go by the Bible.
I am not telling you what you are. You call yourself Reformed: Why, if you're not a Calvinist?
Reformed means Calvinist. I'm asking a logical question: How can one even be considered Reformed, when in the list of Christian beliefs, Reformed always means Calvinist. If you don't believe in double predestination, you're not Calvinist, and therefore not Reformed. Don't words have to mean something? What do you mean by "Reformed"? God bless you.
In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington
You told me what you are not. You said you don't care what John Calvin taught. You go by the Bible.
I am not telling you what you are. You call yourself Reformed: Why, if you're not a Calvinist?
Reformed means Calvinist. I'm asking a logical question: How can one even be considered Reformed, when in the list of Christian beliefs, Reformed always means Calvinist. If you don't believe in double predestination, you're not Calvinist, and therefore not Reformed. Don't words have to mean something? What do you mean by "Reformed"? God bless you.
In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington
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What are the other branches of Reformed theology?
Anglican? Arminian? Could you consider Lutheran "Reformed", or are only Calvinists Reformed.
ISTM the original definition of Reformed meant only Calvinist.
Here is what one source says at least:
Reformed: A Definition
Reformed: A Definition | Challies Dot Com
God bless you.
PS If you do not subscribe to everything Calvin said, what do you agree with him on?
Also, you know, Christians who are not Reformed are also amillennial.
It's a common tradition, common to Catholic, Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox, and Old Catholic.
Augustine was amillennial, but not all amillennialists are Augustinians. Take care.
PPS I agree with Calvin on some things, too. I agree God is totally sovereign. I disagree with Calvin that God is the cause of everything that happens. God does not cause sin. Monergism is not really correct though. Although all the glory goes to God alone for our salvation in Christ, good works are required (eph. 2:10), so synergism is the resulting reality the result of being saved by God's mercy (Titus 3).
Anglican? Arminian? Could you consider Lutheran "Reformed", or are only Calvinists Reformed.
ISTM the original definition of Reformed meant only Calvinist.
Here is what one source says at least:
Reformed: A Definition
Reformed: A Definition | Challies Dot Com
God bless you.
PS If you do not subscribe to everything Calvin said, what do you agree with him on?
Also, you know, Christians who are not Reformed are also amillennial.
It's a common tradition, common to Catholic, Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox, and Old Catholic.
Augustine was amillennial, but not all amillennialists are Augustinians. Take care.
PPS I agree with Calvin on some things, too. I agree God is totally sovereign. I disagree with Calvin that God is the cause of everything that happens. God does not cause sin. Monergism is not really correct though. Although all the glory goes to God alone for our salvation in Christ, good works are required (eph. 2:10), so synergism is the resulting reality the result of being saved by God's mercy (Titus 3).
S
Things these Christians have in common
1. The Nicene Creed
2. The Lord's Prayer
3. The Ten Commandments
4. The Beatitudes (Sermon on the Mount
5. The Definition of Chalcedon
6. amillennial eschatology/ no pre tribulation rapture
Which Christians
Eastern Orthodox
Oriental Orthodox
Byzantine (Eastern) Catholic
Old Catholic
Roman Catholic
Anglican
Reformed/ Lutheran Protestants
Things they are different on
1. Nicene Creed WITHOUT FILIOQUE
Eastern Orthodox
Oriental Orthodox
Byzantine (Eastern) Catholic
Old Catholic
1. Nicene Creed WITH FILIOQUE
Roman Catholic
Anglican
Reformed/ Lutheran Protestants
1. The Nicene Creed
2. The Lord's Prayer
3. The Ten Commandments
4. The Beatitudes (Sermon on the Mount
5. The Definition of Chalcedon
6. amillennial eschatology/ no pre tribulation rapture
Which Christians
Eastern Orthodox
Oriental Orthodox
Byzantine (Eastern) Catholic
Old Catholic
Roman Catholic
Anglican
Reformed/ Lutheran Protestants
Things they are different on
1. Nicene Creed WITHOUT FILIOQUE
Eastern Orthodox
Oriental Orthodox
Byzantine (Eastern) Catholic
Old Catholic
1. Nicene Creed WITH FILIOQUE
Roman Catholic
Anglican
Reformed/ Lutheran Protestants