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Augustine (401) – On Baptism, Against the Donatists, Book 7

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “On Baptism, Against the Donatists” was written in response to the Donatists who were teaching various doctrines regarding baptism (and, specifically, related to re-baptism of converts to the Church from heretical groups). Augustine addresses …

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Augustine (401) – On Baptism, Against the Donatists, Book 6

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “On Baptism, Against the Donatists” was written in response to the Donatists who were teaching various doctrines regarding baptism (and, specifically, related to re-baptism of converts to the Church from heretical groups). Augustine addresses …

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Augustine (401) – On Baptism, Against the Donatists, Book 5

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “On Baptism, Against the Donatists” was written in response to the Donatists who were teaching various doctrines regarding baptism (and, specifically, related to re-baptism of converts to the Church from heretical groups). Augustine addresses …

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Augustine (415) – Letter 167 (Augustine) or 132 (Jerome) [From Augustine to Jerome, on James 2:10]

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as Letter 167 (Augustine) or 132 (Jerome) [From Augustine to Jerome, on James 2:10 (A.D. 415)] Augustine thought that a prior letter of his had gotten too long, so he states his purpose for discussing …

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Augustine (415) – From Augustine to Jerome, on the origin of the soul

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as From Augustine to Jerome, On the Origin of the Soul (A.D. 415). Augustine prays that what he’s writing will be profitable to both Jerome and himself. Unto our God, who has called us unto …

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Augustine (401) – On Baptism, Against the Donatists, Book 4

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “On Baptism, Against the Donatists” was written in response to the Donatists who were teaching various doctrines regarding baptism (and, specifically, related to re-baptism of converts to the Church from heretical groups). Augustine addresses …

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Augustine (401) – On Baptism, Against the Donatists, Book 3

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “On Baptism, Against the Donatists” was written in response to the Donatists who were teaching various doctrines regarding baptism (and, specifically, related to re-baptism of converts to the Church from heretical groups). Augustine addresses …

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Augustine (401) – On Baptism, Against the Donatists, Book 2

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “On Baptism, Against the Donatists” was written in response to the Donatists who were teaching various doctrines regarding baptism (and, specifically, related to re-baptism of converts to the Church from heretical groups). Augustine addresses …

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Augustine (401) – On Baptism, Against the Donatists, Book 1

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “On Baptism, Against the Donatists” was written in response to the Donatists who were teaching various doctrines regarding baptism (and, specifically, related to re-baptism of converts to the Church from heretical groups). Augustine addresses …

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Augustine (414) – Of the Good of Widowhood

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as Of the Good of Widowhood and it is 112 pages long. He begins with an assertion, against Tertullian, that second marriages are not unlawful and that Paul allows them as well. Wherefore this in …

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Augustine (400) – On The Harmony of The Gospels, Book 4

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On The Harmony of The Gospels, is an exposition of the 4 Gospels with a purpose of relating their differences and how the differences could be harmonized. It is actually one of his lengthier …

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Augustine (400) – On The Harmony of The Gospels, Book 3, Part 2

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On The Harmony of The Gospels, is an exposition of the 4 Gospels with a purpose of relating their differences and how the differences could be harmonized. It is actually one of his lengthier …

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Augustine (400) – On The Harmony of The Gospels, Book 3, Part 1

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On The Harmony of The Gospels, is an exposition of the 4 Gospels with a purpose of relating their differences and how the differences could be harmonized. It is actually one of his lengthier …

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Augustine (417) – On the Proceedings of Pelagius, Part 2

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On the Proceedings of Pelagius, is a short volume at around 42 pages. Below is a brief excerpt from the editor of the translation that I used. This is the second and final part …

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Augustine (417) – On the Proceedings of Pelagius, Part 1

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On the Proceedings of Pelagius, is a short volume at around 42 pages. Below is a brief excerpt from the editor of the translation that I used. “Written about the commencement of the year, …

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Augustine (415) – On Nature and Grace

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On Nature and Grace, was a short work at around 50 pages. Extract from Augustine’s Retractions (Book II, Chapter 42): At that time also there came into my hands a certain book of Pelagius’, …

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Augustine (400) – On The Harmony of The Gospels, Book 2

Chris Whisonant

Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On The Harmony of The Gospels, is an exposition of the 4 Gospels with a purpose of relating their differences and how the differences could be harmonized. It is actually one of his lengthier …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 13 – Augustine Refutes Wilson’s Insistence That He Remained Manichaean

Chris Whisonant

In Part 6, we discussed how Augustine would have refuted such claims that he either remained a Manichee or that he would sneak in some of their beliefs which were not in the Christian Church up to that point. As I have been continuing my reading through Augustine’s works, I came across some direct refutations …

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The Federalist Papers, No. 78 – The Judiciary Department

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The Judiciary Department From McLEAN’S Edition Wednesday, May 28, 1788 By: Alexander Hamilton There are 3 primary objectives to this Paper – How to appoint judges, how long they should remain in their appointment, and the separation between courts/how they relate to each other. The manner of constituting it seems to embrace these several objects: …

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Would Your Church Admit Augustine to The Table? Some Reformed Churches Would Not.

Chris Whisonant

This may seem like a strange topic; I admit that it is one that we don’t normally discuss. But I would like to know if your church would not allow Augustine to partake of the Lord’s Supper if he were to pop out of history and show up at your Church’s door on a Sunday …

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The Federalist Papers, No. 27 – The Same Subject Continued (The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered)

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The Same Subject Continued (The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered) From the New York Packet Tuesday, December 25, 1787 By Alexander Hamilton The Anti-Federalists, it would appear, were decrying the Constitution because they thought that it would require military force in order to execute the laws. Hamilton …

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Augustine on Regeneration and Resurrection

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As, then, there are two regenerations, of which I have already made mention,-the one according to faith, and which takes place in the present life by means of baptism; the other according to the flesh, and which shall be accomplished in its incorruption and immortality by means of the great and final judgment,-so are there …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 12 – On Psalm 51 and Concupiscence

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Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view …

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Discussing Ken Wilson’s Work, Part 11 – On Psalm 51 and Original Sin

Chris Whisonant

Introduction Recently, Dr. James White has been interacting quite a bit with Dr. Ken Wilson’s book (and dissertation) regarding Augustine’s “conversion” to a predestinarian. As I have been reading much of Augustine’s work lately as well as other Church Fathers, I felt that I should enter this discussion with a layman’s perspective. Since Dr. Wilson’s dissertation is available to freely view …

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