In the past I have appreciated Dr. Carl Trueman’s teaching on Medieval theology and also the Reformation available through Itunes University. He’s also written a more practical book on the Reformation for today for the general Christian readers titled Reformation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Carl Trueman.
Every year The Master Seminary brings in a scholar to teach for the Winterim and for this year (2017) they have Dr. Trueman of Westminster Theological Seminary taught on the history of the Reformation.
The entire 19 lectures in video form have been made available online for free!
Enjoy!
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Nice!
Thanks for sharing this by the way! We got to have you do a guest posts on here when I’m overseas sometime later this year…
I like that idea.
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Thanks for the reblog, my prayer this morning is that your improving trajectory of your health continue!
God bless you and yours Pastor Jim. Praying for you daily my friend 😆
Thanks, Jim. I listened to the first video. Excellent! Trueman’s obviously an intelligent fellow although I sense he’s a little bit more willing to accommodate R. Catholicism than I would be.
I am on the fourth video. I think it has been beneficial to hear him situate the Reformation as it unfolded historically. Was the part that made you felt Trueman was more accomodating to RC the part where he talked about Aquainas? I personally at this time think Aquainas actually have a theology of salvation that is contrary to Roman Catholicism today and was more biblical than most people realized (predestination, grace, etc). However to say that is not to say everything with Aquinas was right; I do disagree with Aquinas in terms of some of his move in theological method. Ultimately of course I don’t believe what I believe concerning the Gospel and Salvation because of Aquinas.
Yes, I think too many evangelical theologians give Aquinas far too much respect. I’m definitely not an expert regarding Aquinas but I do know he played a major role in developing Catholic doctrine on purgatory, indulgences, transubstantiation, and the sacrifice of the mass. I politely disagree with you regarding Aquinas and grace. Although Aquinas, like today’s contemporary Catholics, argued that salvation is by “grace,” what he actually meant was God gives grace through the sacraments enabling Catholics to merit salvation by obeying the Ten Commandments and church rules. Please read Aquinas’s writings on merit in the article below and you’ll see what I mean.
http://www.catholictheology.info/summa-theologica/summa-part2A.php?q=147
You brought up a good point about Aquinas and the role of purgatory, indulgences, etc. I need to look into that. Aquinas is not my cup of tea and my view mentioned is provisional in that its based heavily on secondary sources. I need to read Aquinas for myself and evaluate him more thoroughly. I want to make it clear that I hold to the classic Protestant position on justification, the Gospel, etc., as that which is biblical. Just wanted to state that in case others reading it might be confused where I stand.
Thanks, Jim. A champion of purgatory and indulgences certainly doesn’t have a Biblical/evangelical understanding of grace.
Hey, Jim. Just to clarify, it wasn’t my intent to infer Aquinas originated said dogmas, but that he refined them. Thanks.
I believe, many church historians are more willing to be gracious toward others than most of us. That’s not to say they would compromise their own theological convictions.
Thanks. Yes, it’s a slippery slope between graciousness and accommodation. See Norman Geisler, Mark Noll, J.I Packer, etc.
I love listening to Trueman! I went through a similar course which was on Itunes in audio lectures. It was on the Reformation also.
Nice! I appreciate Trueman very much and his lectures! Right now I’m on lectures number 8 with this present video and it is a delight to hear him again on the Reformation.