Morning Prayer

For Psalm 22, Prof. Calvin is at pains to show what afflictions David is enduring.

ISBE on the dating of Exodus: Prof. R. K. Harrison comments on the return of Amenhotep II from an Asiatic campaign.

For Genesis 6.1-8: Prof. Keil is doing the workup to the flood. Man’s mind and being is full of evil all-the-day-long.

For Judges 3.6-16.31, Prof. Keil is still talking about chronology.

For Isaiah 9.1-7, Prof. Henry comments on Immanuel’s people and the others who are not His people.

ISBE on Luke: Dr. E. E. Ellis comments on the Augustinian view of the literary interdependence of the extant Gospels,

For Mathew 6.10-13, Prof. Jamieson comments on “lead us not into temptation.”

For Romans 4.18-25, Prof. Hodge notes that denial of the propitiatory death of Christ and His resurrection for our justification is the denial of the Gospel and a rejection of God’s appointed means of salvation.

For Revelation 21.1-8, Prof. Henry comments on how the tabernacle of God is always with His people.

EDT on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831): discusses his academic movements and final settlement at Berlin University where his views became famous and influential.

Westminster Theological Journal (Nov 2021, 251-266): in “Franciscu Junius, Old Princeton, and the Question of Natural Theology: A Response to Shannon’s `Junius and Van Til on Natural Knowledge of God,” Dr. Kevin DeYoung is still defending Junias’s view that natural theology is still revelational theology, insufficient for salvation, but still valid.

Mid-America Journal of Theology (Fall 2021, 7-34): in “Mea Culpa: An Apology for Original Sin,” Dr. Hans Madueme discusses “Romans 5.12-21” without OS. He notes that Augustine claimed his doctrine was the view held by all Christians of his time, citing Irenaeus, Cyprianus, Reticus, Olympias, Hilary, Gregory, Basil, Ambrose, Ambrosiaster, John, Innocent, Jerome, his companions and colleagues. We would add that it’s probably fruitless to examine the Greeks?

For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge notes that Romanism relieves on of personal responsibility by requiring simple docility and submission. Papa has it all worked out.

For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond tries too hard on Peter’s confession of faith. Quirky in meandering rabbit trails, largely right, but somewhat full of esoterica.

For Ecclesiology (locus 6), Prof. Berkhof concluded the chapter on Christian baptism.

ODCC: Original Sin: notes that Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose, Ambrosiaster, and Augustine taught the solidarity of the human race in Adam in sin’s consequences and transmission, to wit, transmission by ordinary generation. In the struggles with Pelagianism, Augustine’s views were confirmed in various councils.

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff comments on Pentecost: the rushing wind, tongues of flames of fire, and the audible and visible symbols.

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff notes that Charlemagne didn’t want his children to suffer from indolence and ignorance. He also had a multitude of bastards.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff notes that the Papists viewed Calvin’s Institutes as the Koran and Talmud of heresy—as a volume at once convincing, clear, strong, and logical.

For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch (89) discusses the belated burst of speed on the Restraint of Appeals in the Parliament in April 1533 and Cranmer’s full equipage for the task.

For the Creeds of Christendom, Vol. 1, Prof. Schaff discusses the three Lutheran groupings in the USA and their varying commitments to the 9 symbols of Lutheranism.

1994 CCC: our infallibilists in paragraphs #390-393 discuss the fall of angels.

Westminster Larger Catechism 184:

Q. 184. For what things are we to pray?
A. We are to pray for all things tending to the glory of God, the welfare of the church, our own or others' good; but not for anything that is unlawful.