| Catechism - 2002 - Liczba stron: 148
...hath (Isa. xlvi. 10; Eph. i. 11; Heb. vi. 17; Rom. ix. 15, 18) decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably, all things whatsoever come to pass; yet so as thereby is God neither the author of sin (Jam. i. 15,... | |
| Jaroslav Pelikan - 2005 - Liczba stron: 678
...But it immediately adds the clarification not only that "neither is God the author of sin," but also: "nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures,...contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established."49 The Canons of the Synod of Dort also unequivocally declare their account of predestination... | |
| Earl S. Johnson - 2003 - Liczba stron: 164
...Standards (1647). In the third chapter of the Westminster Confession, for example, it is asserted that God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own free will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God... | |
| Gerald Lewis Bray - 2004 - Liczba stron: 682
...Father;61 the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.w 03. Of God's Eternal Decree 01. God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass;65 yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin66 nor is violence offered to the will of... | |
| Robin A. Parry, Christopher H. Partridge - 2004 - Liczba stron: 324
...are snll responsible for our actions. The Westminster Confession famously summarises this as follows: God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy...counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whaisoever comes to pass: yet so, as thereby neither God is the author of sin, nor is violence offered... | |
| Louis Berkhof - 2007 - Liczba stron: 180
...in answer to these objections? WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH Chapter 3: Of God's Eternal Decree 1. God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass: yet so, as thereby neither is God the author... | |
| W. Gary Crampton - 2004 - Liczba stron: 270
...(Ephesians 3:8-11), and is fixed for all eternity (Job 42:2). As stated in the Westminster Confession (3:1): God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel [involving the Trinity] of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass:... | |
| Tyron Inbody - 2005 - Liczba stron: 434
...it to his end."8 This idea has been formulated as doctrine in the Westminster Confession of Faith: "God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy...counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatever comes to pass."9 Although many Christians are horrified when they see the concept of omnipotence... | |
| 2006 - Liczba stron: 657
...according to the counsel of his own will, he has chosen some to salvation ; ' yet so as thereby neither is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes token away, but rather established;' nor does this gracious purpose ever take effect independently... | |
| Stephen Christian - 2006 - Liczba stron: 190
...teachings of Scripture or early Christian beliefs formulated in the seventeenth century, states that "God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass: yet so, as thereby neither is God the... | |
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