Members John81 Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Covenant theology and reformed theology overlap in many respects. Most Reformed writings I've read did indeed view "the church" as the "new Israel". Most believe God cast out Israel and gave all the promises once given to Israel to "the church" instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alimantado Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 I've always considered covenant theology as a subset of reformed... :puzzled: How many different ones are there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MilkmanDan Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 :puzzled: How many different ones are there?And yet again what exactly is a reformed Baptist dude? :puzzled: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chev1958 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 The current definition of a reformed Baptist is one who believes in the Calvinism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Also, there are those Baptist churches which claim to have come out of the Catholic Church during the Reformation (unlike IFB's which claim to have never been a part of the Catholic Church), and they hold to Reformed Theology for that reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dwayner79 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 The current definition of a reformed Baptist is one who believes in the Calvinism. In an attempt to be thorough, this is not entirely accurate. A reformed baptist would be a baptist who believed in reformed doctrine, which is only one part of "calvinism" as it were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dwayner79 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 :puzzled: How many different ones are there? Again, subset as in a part of, not one of many. However, thats not true... It is a part of Calinism, as is Covenant Theology and the Regulative principle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bakershalfdozen Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 A reformed baptist would be a baptist who believed in reformed doctrine' date=' which is only one part of "calvinism" as it were.[/quote'] i.e., the doctrines of the Reformation, the Reformers, those who came out of the Catholic Church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Very true! And there are some Baptists who say their churches came out of the Catholic Church during the Reformation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chev1958 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 In an attempt to be thorough, this is not entirely accurate. A reformed baptist would be a baptist who believed in reformed doctrine, which is only one part of "calvinism" as it were.The resurgence in "reformed Baptists" has been the resurgence in TULIP theology. Listen to the sermons of today's "reformed Baptist" preachers, and all you'll hear is predestination and elect. From reformeddoctrine.org, TULIP, the Five Points of Calvinism, ... is the most important part of Reformed Doctrine. Mission statement from the Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics: The Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics (CRTA) is dedicated to providing biblically sound online resources for the edification of God's people. The Center is committed to the system of doctrine known as Calvinism, which we see to be the most biblically faithful systematization of the Bible's teachings. The Owner is a Reformed Christian committed to a strict subscriptionist view of the Westminster Standards, yet many of the articles on this site represent a wider view of the Faith. Please use discretion in all that you read here -- and everywhere else too. Calvinism sounds like a pretty big part of reformed theology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MilkmanDan Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 So its like a 12 step program for recovering Catholics? And, they support Calvinism right? I think I see :duh . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dwayner79 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 You mean Reformed theology is a pretty big part of calvinism... I'm not disagreeing with anything except trying to use the proper terms (at least how I understand them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chev1958 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 A reformed baptist would be a baptist who believed in reformed doctrine, which is only one part of "calvinism" as it were.You mean Reformed theology is a pretty big part of calvinism... Make up your mind, there, DW :frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dwayner79 Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 I am not sure how those differ... :puzzled: Both say that Reformed doctrine is a part of a large belief system, Calvinism. One says it is a large part and one says it is only one part. Can I combine them to say Reformed theology is one large part of Calvinism? Mr. Proof reader. :lol :saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John the Baptist Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 I think "soul competency" is the term you are looking for. Yes because one is saved he has the right to study and interprete Scripture for himself and to develope is beliefs based on the Word of God. But the key to this right is being filled with the Holy Spirit and being led by the Holy Spirit. One's belief system must be in harmony with the teaching of Scripture. Liberals within the Southern Baptist Convention have twisted the meaning of this doctrine for many years to mean they can believe what ever they wish and no one is to say anything about it. God Bless John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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