Theological Journals, Part 1: 12/8/2022: Whittaker, Jewel, Clement 1


William Whittaker’s “Disputation on Holy Scripture:” Dr. Whittaker continues his reconnaissance tour through the Psalms in the Vulgate, Hebrew and Septuagint, picking away at Bellarmine’s efforts to defend dubious translations. Dr. Whittaker is working the original languages like a Bible specialist, like Professors Hodge, Green, Shedd, Wilson, Allis, Machen, Murray and others in that revered, scholarly lineage. John Jewel’s “Apology for the Church of England:” the Preface to this volume cites medieval authors with a pluck towards Rome—Bernard, Dante, Petrarch, Marsilius, Savanarola, and several others. Even Pope Adrian was cited who called for “root and branch” reforms of the corrupted Papacy. “Ante-Nicene Fathers down to 325 AD: the First Epistle of Clement is a lengthy production. Several times he refers to election. He notes that the partisanship of Paul’s time (1 Corinthians 1), bad as that was, at least was predicated on the Apostles. These few upstarts can’t even claim that. 1 Clement is, indeed, a lengthy letter.

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