Morning Prayer (1662 Book of Common Prayer)

For Psalm 18, Prof. Calvin notes that David attributed all his victories to God. But Kant and the Deists won’t like this sort of interventionism.

ISBE on Exodus: Prof. R. K. Harrison observes that Egyptian archaeology offers background information for the period—royal harems of the New Kingdom, educational life, life at the Egyptian court, and social conditions of the 13^th century.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

For Genesis 2.10-14: Prof. Keil is still discussing geography, the rivers, and Eden.

For Joshua 24, Joshua has died and is buried at Timnath-serah with notes of his work, fidelity and consequences.

For Isaiah 7.1-9, Prof. Henry notes that Judah and Jerusalem has offended God and made Him their enemy. As such, God uses sinners to punish other sinners. Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel are on the march against Judah.

ISBE on Mark: Dr. R. P. Martin offers nothing of interest, at this point, on the dating issue, or, this section in his article.

For Mathew 5.13-16, Prof. Jamiesson exposits 5.16: “Let your light shine…”

For Romans 3.9-20, Prof. Hodge gives the summary of this most useful list of Biblical citations on universal and total depravity. Don’t expect an exposition in TEC pulpits or in Canterbury.

For Revelation 16.1-7, Prof. Henry thinks the second angel and the vial of wrath has been released on the Popish system with its manifold errors. Thus far, we are circling overhead with JP2 and B16’s CCC.

EDT on the Enlightenment: the Enlightenment’s theme was freedom for Biblical authority, confessional theology and, overall, “freedom” or autonomy-hunting (our word, e.g. Romans 1.18ff.). Kant noted that the late 18^th-early 19^th centuries were not there yet, but were on the way. Kant’s slogan: “Sapere aude” or “have courage to use your own understanding.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

In the Global Anglican, Matthew Payne continues to discuss the “Homily of Declining from God” as consonant with and governed by the Articles.

For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge helpfully observes that mysticism’s tendency is towards pantheism which, by other turns, deifies and normalizes sin. The Reformed Eagles are circling.

For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond discusses the divine attributes—the whole kit-n-kaboodle—in relation to Jesus’s divine nature. Another homerun here and another reason why systematic theology in its classical context—that’s the metropolis in which to live.

For Ecclesiology (locus 6), Prof. Berkhof discusses apostles, prophets and evangelists as extraordinary officers of the apostolic age.

ODCC: discusses Ignatius’s letters, especially the one to the Romans, asking the congregation to spare efforts to exculpate and free him.

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff is discussing apocryphal traditions about Jesus.

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff summarizes the Koran as a rude and illiterate mixing of Jewish, Christian and Arabian traditions.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff offers effulgent tributes on Calvin from the writings of Luther, Bucer, Beza, John Sturm, Zanchi, Bishop Jewel, and Joseph Scalinger. Prof. Schaff has 22 more pages of tributes, a valuable contribution from those who knew him, his writings and/or his influences.

For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch continues to talk about Dr. Cranmer in the 1520s as a “conformist Catholic” but also a “Biblical humanist,” a conventional portrait of Cambridge it was urged. The Prof. notes that Bishop Alcock had founded Jesus College as a Bible-oriented school, yet with the conformist image. The same may be said of Bishop Fisher, Cambridge’s Chancellor and friend of Erasmus.

For the Creeds of Christendom, Prof. Schaff talks about the back-and-forth between Gregory 1, the Leaders of Alexandria and Constantinople over any claims to supremacy. But, those seeds were planted and would results in a Romanist tree later.

1994 CCC: the infalliblists talk about YHWH’s name in Exodus 3.13-15 well. And where are the Piskies with their catechism? That thing in the back of the 1979 BCP? Who wrote that thing? The Romanists are a significant improvement over the Piskies, a national embarrassment.

Westminster Larger Catechism 140:

Q. 140. Which is the eighth commandment?
A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.