Morning Prayer

For Psalm 24, Prof. Calvin comments on David’s distinction between true God-fearers and hypocrites.

Zondervan Pictorial Bible: Exodus: the discussion involves the question of which Pharoah was the Pharoah of the oppression and who was the Pharoah of the Exodus. There is a lovely picture of the “Israel Tablet” of Pharoah Merneptah found at Thebes mentioning the Hebrews’ Exodus.

ISBE on the route of the Exodus: Prof. T. V. Brisko is discussing the theory of the central route of the Exodus.

For Genesis 11.27-25.11: Prof. Keil discusses the varied epiphanies, visions and monitions to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—special revelations.

For Judges 6.1-16, Prof. Keil discusses the epiphany of the Angel of the LORD to Gideon.

For Isaiah 10.5-19, Prof. Henry continues to note the blindness and pride of the Assyrians who, unbeknownst to themselves, were God’s “axe” against northern Israel. Yet, in time, their time was coming.

ISBE on Johannine Theology, Prof. I. Howard Marshall notes that the Johannine epistles travelled with John’s Gospel, showing the interest of the early church in John’s corpus of writings.

For Mathew 7.13-29, Prof. Jamieson discusses Jesus’s view of hypocrisy, those claiming to do things in Jesus’s name but, in fact, being self-deluded workers of iniquity.

For Romans 5.12-21, Prof. Hodge is on the “loop” or “replay” move, repeating himself (again and again). One gets the sense that the Prof. wants to hammer home the importance of the passage. On this issue, he is right.

For Acts 1.1-5, Prof. Henry notes the “infallible proofs” that Jesus put forward in His 40-day post-resurrectional ministry on earth.

Frederick Copleston’s “History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome (1.1):” discusses the Pythagorean society/communities as a socio-religio-political set of communities in southern Italy, included Tarentum on the eastern coast.

EDT: Interpretation of the Bible: notes that the Counter-Reformation also contributed to a return to common sense exegesis (versus allegorical fancies).

For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge reasserts objections to objections to verbal, plenary inspiration.

For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond continues to discuss the Nicene Creed.

For Eschatology (locus 7), Prof. Berkhof discusses psychopannichia and reasserts the traditional view of the afterlife.

ODCC: Minicius (2^nd or 3^rd century): a Christian apologist who defends Christianity in a dialogue with a non-believer.

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (1-100) Prof. Schaff continues to describe James, including the Baur school with its Hegelian hermeneutic.

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff describes the awful conditions of the Papacy in the 10^th century including widespread protests against Popes rather than the institution itself.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff describes Calvin’s liturgy which has significant similarities to the English BCP,

For Dr. Cranmer, Prof. MacCulloch describes the process of standing up a “commission” with vicegerential powers over the bishops and, in time, over the Archbishops. In time, Cromwell will be appointed the Vicegerent. This was a political construct to ensure compliance with Royal wishes.

For the Creeds of Christendom, Vol. 1, Prof. Schaff elaborates on Melanchthon’s retreat to Romanism (or, contradiction to himself) on predestination by the carve-out of human ability in salvation. Also, Schaff claims he departed from Luther’s Ubiquitarianism.

1994 CCC: our infallibilist-friends talk of Epiphany and its calendrical associations with the Biblical text.

Westminster Confession of Faith

CHAPTER 4
Of Creation

1. It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the manifestation of the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, in the beginning, to create, or make of nothing, the world, and all things therein whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days; and all very good.