William Perkins, the chief of the Puritans, writing on the Scholastics>"Lastly, hence we learn, what to think of the writings of papists, and schoolmen, whereof some are called seraphical, cherubical, or angelical doctors. They broach and maintain sundry things beside that which the apostles preached and wrote; as justification by works, and a mixture of the law and the gospel, they give too little to grace, and too much to man's will. In this regard, Paul has given the sentence that they are accursed. For this cause students of divinity are warily to read them with prayer that they be not led into temptation, and they are to use them only in the last place. And they are greatly to be blamed that prefer them almost above all writers. They show that they have little love of the gospel in their hearts."
>>18120911>using philosophical mental gymnastics to justify christianity vs using nothing to justify christianity and just be a believer because christianity is true because the bible says so like a muslims justifies his religion
>>18120977Perkins' criticism isn't on the subject of apologetics, fedora friend.
>>18120911New "Reformed" folks would do well to follow his advice instead of attempting to reclaim guys like Aquinas or redeem scholasticism. The Reformation lost its original fire the moment Protestant theologians began to revert back to scholasticism and it would stagnate until the evangelical revivals of the 1700s
>>18120977Jesus and the Apostles make good points on their own thoughbeit.
>>18121082The problem isn't with the scholastic method but the theology of the scholastics. Reformed scholasticism was good, and has been used by God.
>>18121089>Jesus: Let people beat you up>Apostles: What he saidGood points
>>18120977 With other words, you chooce to be retarded, you was not even born this way. Sad.>>18120911>sundry things beside that which the apostles preached and wroteThe apostles wrote nothing of what you know. And you do not have exact what they teached.Anyway, even the protestants needs some interpretation. Because, otherwise, you find contradictive statements in the bible. For instance the differences between the moral code of Jeses and some of the old testament.
>>18122195>The apostles wrote nothing of what you know. And you do not have exact what they teached.papist saying the quiet part out loud again?
