Infant baptism is the sixth point of Calvinism. Baptistbros are OUT! π€£
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Forwarded from Revolt Against The Modern World
βEurope's rise is written in the terms of Christianity and Monarchy; Europe's decay in the terms of Republicanism, Progressivism, and Godlessness."
~Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
~Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
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The New Covenant is better than the Old not in that it is substantively different; rather, by types and shadows it pointed to the same thing which the New delivers:
Redemption through Christ.
Redemption through Christ.
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Young Earth Creationism is Logical:
1) A straightforward reading of Scripture yields a young earth position.
2) The only reason some attempt to invent an old earth interpretation is to comport with modern science.
3) Modern science is based on assumptions completely unprovable, such as that current natural laws have always functioned as currently observed.
4) Yet again, a straightforward reading of Scripture would lead us to the opposite conclusion. (A) Paul says that death came through sin (Rom. 5:12), but we cannot imagine how life, even at the cellular level, can exist without death. (B) He says all creation is groaning under the weight of sin Rom. 8:22); if man is now subject to age and death, why not creation as well? (C) Moses indicates it likely didn't rain before the flood (Gen. 2:5-6). (D) The lifespans recorded in Genesis are unimaginable to modern science (Gen. 5). (E) How a flood could cover the entire Earth with current water supply is inconceivable (Gen. 7).
5) The only logical conclusion is that modern science is founded on shaky assumptions, so attempting to appease it is ridiculous. Simple faith in God's Word is most logical.
1) A straightforward reading of Scripture yields a young earth position.
2) The only reason some attempt to invent an old earth interpretation is to comport with modern science.
3) Modern science is based on assumptions completely unprovable, such as that current natural laws have always functioned as currently observed.
4) Yet again, a straightforward reading of Scripture would lead us to the opposite conclusion. (A) Paul says that death came through sin (Rom. 5:12), but we cannot imagine how life, even at the cellular level, can exist without death. (B) He says all creation is groaning under the weight of sin Rom. 8:22); if man is now subject to age and death, why not creation as well? (C) Moses indicates it likely didn't rain before the flood (Gen. 2:5-6). (D) The lifespans recorded in Genesis are unimaginable to modern science (Gen. 5). (E) How a flood could cover the entire Earth with current water supply is inconceivable (Gen. 7).
5) The only logical conclusion is that modern science is founded on shaky assumptions, so attempting to appease it is ridiculous. Simple faith in God's Word is most logical.
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Kinism is a new name for an ancient belief:
Love and loyalty to one's blood relations as a central moral duty. Only in a depraved age where these creational basics are questioned do they need to be labelled and reiterated. As biblical support, see 1 Tim. 5:8, Romans 9:1-5, & the 5th Commandment.
Over against naked neighbor-hatred, Kinism affirms the imago Dei of all people, their right to live in their land, and their duty to love their people. Basically, true Kinism advocates Kinism for every tribe.
Love and loyalty to one's blood relations as a central moral duty. Only in a depraved age where these creational basics are questioned do they need to be labelled and reiterated. As biblical support, see 1 Tim. 5:8, Romans 9:1-5, & the 5th Commandment.
Over against naked neighbor-hatred, Kinism affirms the imago Dei of all people, their right to live in their land, and their duty to love their people. Basically, true Kinism advocates Kinism for every tribe.
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Emperor Constantine (272 - 337 A.D.)
Born in modern-day Serbia to Helen, a devout Christian, and Constantius, a Roman tetrarch with Christian sympathies. Constantine was a genius military strategist who cut his teeth campaigning against barbarians on the Empire's northern frontiers. He succeeded his father as tetrarch, and was subsequently challenged by another tetrarch, Maxentius. Despite being outnumbered >2:1 and against all counsel, Constantine won a series of brilliant victories culminating at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. Maxentius built a pontoon bridge allowing his army to escape if he lost. As the story goes, Constantine placed the Chi Rho symbol on his troops' shields in response to a dream, and during the battle, he saw the Chi Rho in the sky, followed by the words, "In Hoc Signo Vinces" or, "In this sign, conquer." That he did, and as Maxentius fled with his army, the bridge collapsed with Maxentius himself on it, drowning him. Constantine returned to Rome and did not sacrifice to Jupiter, but rather thanked the Christian God. Following this, he consolidated power, made a peace pact in 313 with the Eastern emperor Licinius, which included the famous Edict of Milan, legalizing Christianity and returning property stolen by Diocletian. Eventually, Licinius broke this pact and Constantine, especially in response to the Christian outcry, faced Licinius and easily defeated him. He moved the capital to Constantinople, and from there called the Council of Nicaea in 325 to settle the Arian controversy. There, he bowed to the elders who still bore injuries and scars from Diocletianβs persecution. He was baptized shortly before death by his friend, the Christian historian Eusebius.
Born in modern-day Serbia to Helen, a devout Christian, and Constantius, a Roman tetrarch with Christian sympathies. Constantine was a genius military strategist who cut his teeth campaigning against barbarians on the Empire's northern frontiers. He succeeded his father as tetrarch, and was subsequently challenged by another tetrarch, Maxentius. Despite being outnumbered >2:1 and against all counsel, Constantine won a series of brilliant victories culminating at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. Maxentius built a pontoon bridge allowing his army to escape if he lost. As the story goes, Constantine placed the Chi Rho symbol on his troops' shields in response to a dream, and during the battle, he saw the Chi Rho in the sky, followed by the words, "In Hoc Signo Vinces" or, "In this sign, conquer." That he did, and as Maxentius fled with his army, the bridge collapsed with Maxentius himself on it, drowning him. Constantine returned to Rome and did not sacrifice to Jupiter, but rather thanked the Christian God. Following this, he consolidated power, made a peace pact in 313 with the Eastern emperor Licinius, which included the famous Edict of Milan, legalizing Christianity and returning property stolen by Diocletian. Eventually, Licinius broke this pact and Constantine, especially in response to the Christian outcry, faced Licinius and easily defeated him. He moved the capital to Constantinople, and from there called the Council of Nicaea in 325 to settle the Arian controversy. There, he bowed to the elders who still bore injuries and scars from Diocletianβs persecution. He was baptized shortly before death by his friend, the Christian historian Eusebius.
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Constantine was... (And if you say he was an unbeliever, please explain why he would fake-convert to an unpopular religion)
Anonymous Poll
31%
A genuine Christian who ruled well
65%
A genuine Christian but a mixed bag
3%
An unbeliever but still a net positive
2%
An unbeliever and a poor ruler
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Medieval Angelic Classifications:
Seraphim (Is. 6:1-7, cf. Num. 21:4-9)
Cherubim (Ezek. 10, cf. Gen. 3:24, Ex. 25:20)
Thrones (aka Ophanim, Ezek. 1:15-21, cf. Ezek. 10 & Col. 1:16)
Dominions (aka Kuriotes, Eph. 1:21, Col. 1:16, cf. Jude 1:8)
Virtues (aka Dumanis, 1 Cor. 15:24, Eph. 1:21, 2 Thess. 1:7, 1 Pet. 3:22, cf. 2 Thess. 2:9)
Powers (aka Exousia, 1 Cor. 15:24, Eph. 1:21, 3:10, 6:12, Col. 1:16, 2:10, 2:15, 1 Pet. 3:22).
Principalities (aka Arche, Rom. 8:38, 1 Cor. 15:24, Eph. 1:21, 3:10, 6:12, Col. 1:16, 2:10, 2:15)
Archangels (1 Thess. 4:16: Jude 1:9)
Angels (Matt. 18:10, cf. Heb. 1)
Seraphim (Is. 6:1-7, cf. Num. 21:4-9)
Cherubim (Ezek. 10, cf. Gen. 3:24, Ex. 25:20)
Thrones (aka Ophanim, Ezek. 1:15-21, cf. Ezek. 10 & Col. 1:16)
Dominions (aka Kuriotes, Eph. 1:21, Col. 1:16, cf. Jude 1:8)
Virtues (aka Dumanis, 1 Cor. 15:24, Eph. 1:21, 2 Thess. 1:7, 1 Pet. 3:22, cf. 2 Thess. 2:9)
Powers (aka Exousia, 1 Cor. 15:24, Eph. 1:21, 3:10, 6:12, Col. 1:16, 2:10, 2:15, 1 Pet. 3:22).
Principalities (aka Arche, Rom. 8:38, 1 Cor. 15:24, Eph. 1:21, 3:10, 6:12, Col. 1:16, 2:10, 2:15)
Archangels (1 Thess. 4:16: Jude 1:9)
Angels (Matt. 18:10, cf. Heb. 1)
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Regarding the angelic classifications, it is your view that.... (Please discuss)
Anonymous Poll
19%
These are definitely 9 distinct angelic classes
49%
Some of these are synonyms; there are classes but not necessarily the classical 9
16%
There are no angelic classes
16%
There are definitely 9 angelic classes AND most if not all of the medieval descriptions are true
The education of children for God is the most important business done on earth.
-- R. L. Dabney
-- R. L. Dabney
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There is no true knowledge apart from Christ, the arche.
Every line of true knowledge must find its completeness as it converges on God, just as every beam of daylight leads the eye to the sun. If religion is excluded from our study, every process of thought will be arrested before it reaches its proper goal.
-- R. L. Dabney
Every line of true knowledge must find its completeness as it converges on God, just as every beam of daylight leads the eye to the sun. If religion is excluded from our study, every process of thought will be arrested before it reaches its proper goal.
-- R. L. Dabney
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The Decalogue in Wycliffe's Bible:
And the Lord spak alle these wordis, Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of seruage.
Thou schalt not haue alien goddis bifore me.
Thou schalt not make to thee a grauun ymage, nethir ony licnesse of thing which is in heuene aboue, and which is in erthe bynethe, nether of tho thingis, that ben in watris vndur erthe; thou schalt not herie tho, nether thou schalt worschipe; for Y am thi worschipe; for Y am thi Lord God, a strorng gelouse louyere; and Y visite the wickidnesse of fadris in to the thridde and the fourthe generacioun of hem that haten me, and Y do mercy in to a thousynde, to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestis.
Thou schalt not take in veyn the name of thi Lord God, for the Lord schal not haue hym giltles, that takith in veyn the name of his Lord God.
Haue thou mynde, that thou halowe the dai of the sabat; in sixe daies thou schalt worche and schalt do alle thi werkis; forsothe in the seuenthe day is the sabat of thi Lord God; thou schalt not do ony werk, thou, and thi sone, and thi douytir, and thi seruaunt, and thin handmaide, thi werk beeste, and the comelyng which is withynne thi yatis; for in sixe dayes God made heuene and erthe, the see, and alle thingis that ben in tho, and restide in the seuenthe dai; herfor the Lord blesside the dai of the sabat, and halwide it.
Onoure thi fadir and thi moder, that thou be long lyuyng on the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee.
Thou schalt not sle.
Thou schalt do no letcherie.
Thou schalt do no theft.
Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore.
Thou schalt not coueyten the hous of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt desyre his wijf, not seruaunt, not handmaide, not oxe, not asse, nether alle thingis that ben hise.
And the Lord spak alle these wordis, Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of seruage.
Thou schalt not haue alien goddis bifore me.
Thou schalt not make to thee a grauun ymage, nethir ony licnesse of thing which is in heuene aboue, and which is in erthe bynethe, nether of tho thingis, that ben in watris vndur erthe; thou schalt not herie tho, nether thou schalt worschipe; for Y am thi worschipe; for Y am thi Lord God, a strorng gelouse louyere; and Y visite the wickidnesse of fadris in to the thridde and the fourthe generacioun of hem that haten me, and Y do mercy in to a thousynde, to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestis.
Thou schalt not take in veyn the name of thi Lord God, for the Lord schal not haue hym giltles, that takith in veyn the name of his Lord God.
Haue thou mynde, that thou halowe the dai of the sabat; in sixe daies thou schalt worche and schalt do alle thi werkis; forsothe in the seuenthe day is the sabat of thi Lord God; thou schalt not do ony werk, thou, and thi sone, and thi douytir, and thi seruaunt, and thin handmaide, thi werk beeste, and the comelyng which is withynne thi yatis; for in sixe dayes God made heuene and erthe, the see, and alle thingis that ben in tho, and restide in the seuenthe dai; herfor the Lord blesside the dai of the sabat, and halwide it.
Onoure thi fadir and thi moder, that thou be long lyuyng on the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee.
Thou schalt not sle.
Thou schalt do no letcherie.
Thou schalt do no theft.
Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore.
Thou schalt not coueyten the hous of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt desyre his wijf, not seruaunt, not handmaide, not oxe, not asse, nether alle thingis that ben hise.
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Inasmuch as the Roman Catholic Church teaches truth enough to save the souls of men (of which I have no doubt); inasmuch as it proclaims the Divine authority of the Scriptures, the obligation of the Decalogue, and the retributions of eternity; and inasmuch as it calls upon men to worship God the Father, Son and Spirit, it is unspeakably better than no church at all. And therefore, when the choice is between that and none, it is right and wise to encourage the establishment of churches under the control of Catholic priests.
-- Charles Hodge
-- Charles Hodge
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It may be inferred again that the present movement for womenβs rights will certainly prevail from the history of its only opponent, Northern conservatism. This is a party which never conserves anything. Its history has been that it demurs to each aggression of the progressive party, and aims to save its credit by a respectable amount of growling, but always acquiesces at last in the innovation. What was the resisted novelty of yesterday is today one of the accepted principles of conservatism; it is now conservative only in affecting to resist the next innovation, which will tomorrow be forced upon its timidity and will be succeeded by some third revolution; to be denounced and then adopted in its turn. American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition.
-- R. L. Dabney, written in 1897
-- R. L. Dabney, written in 1897
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Inequality Is an Inescapable Concept:
The fact of law introduces a fundamental and basic inequality in society. The abolition of law will not eliminate inequality, because then the very fact of sheer survival will create an elite and establish a fundamental inequality.
-- R. J. Rushdoony, Institutes vol. 1, I.V
The fact of law introduces a fundamental and basic inequality in society. The abolition of law will not eliminate inequality, because then the very fact of sheer survival will create an elite and establish a fundamental inequality.
-- R. J. Rushdoony, Institutes vol. 1, I.V
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But nearly all public men and divines declare that the State schools are the glory of America, that they are a finality, and in no event to be surrendered. And we have seen that their complete secularization is logically inevitable. Christians must prepare themselves then, for the following results: All prayers, catechisms, and Bibles will ultimately be driven out of the schools.
-- R. L. Dabney, written in 1879.
-- R. L. Dabney, written in 1879.
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