Evening Prayer (Part 2)

Westminster Theological Journal (Nov 2021) on “Theological Consequences of Q”: Dr. Dawson offers more history on 2DH—competition between English and German schools. The radical Tubingenites of Baur, Strass, and that filthy crew versus the “mediating theologians” like Holzmann postulating the Greisbach hypothesis. Ultimately, 2DH  emerges into 4DH with Streeter’s views. All this is celebrated at Oxford in a centenary anniversary, a festschrift for Sanday who initiated the Oxford School of the Synoptics. This is gonna be a long hike through the woods.

In the Global Anglican, gives more wonky-tonky statistics on the five Evangelical Anglican churches on the “preaching of the whole counsel of God.” That’s the goal. The stats will tell the story.

For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge enlarges further on some peculiar Quakers in their history.

For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond is elongatedly dealing with Romans 1.3-4.

For Ecclesiology (locus 6), Prof. Berkhof rather contradicts himself in the general section on the “means of grace”—restraining them to Word and sacraments, while he’s previously noted the Church, divine providences and prayer.

ODCC: Anslem (1033-1109). An Italian who ended up as a monk and later Abbot of Bec. He wrote prayers to saints, Monologion, Prologion, De Veritate, De Libero Arbitrio, De Casu Diaboli and a book on dialetics, De Grammatico. He made many trips to England to visit Lanfranc, ABC.

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (0-100) Prof. Schaff explodes the hallucination version of the resurrection.

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff ends his treatment of Islam with large repeats offered earlier.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff offers a precise encomium of Calvin by Prof. John Tulloch of St. Andrews. A comparison-contrast between Luther and Calvin.

For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch reviews events of 1530 and the internecine conflicts between Crome, Stokesley, and Sir Gregory Cassale. Cranmer seems to come off as pleasant, unlike Crome (51).