Foster's Theological Reflections

Previously on this blog, we discussed the saying by Pliny which Tertullian also quotes in his apology regarding Christ, namely, "ad can...

See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7849852/Jesus-did-not-die-on-cross-says-scholar.html

It remains, accordingly, to pray to God alone, the Father of All, not however apart from the High Priest who has been appointed by the Fathe...

On page 105 of The Doctrine of God , Herman Bavinck writes regarding Exodus 3:14: "God does not call himself 'the One who is' i...

IS THE TRINITY AN EXPLICIT BIBLE TEACHING? The foundational teaching of theology is the ontological dogma of the Trinity. Owen Thomas rema...

See http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cIoPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

Frederic G. Kenyon is noted for observing that the "last foundation for any doubt that the Scriptures have come down to us substantiall...

See http://www.1john57.com/conybeare.htm or just click on the title of this blog entry. Regards, Edgar

1. What is a PROPERTY? a. Concreta b. Abstracta c. Monadic d. Polyadic e. Relational f. Functional g. first-order h....

What is murder? How should we define the word? Elizabeth Anscombe argues that the central idea of murder is the "unjust killing of huma...

Before the world was formed, when there was as yet no sun dividing day from night, there was not an age such as could be measured, but there...

Some of you might be interested in this piece by Dr. Loren Johns on the non-violent ethic and rhetoric of John's Apocalypse. http://www....

Church historian Gerald Bray writes: "In his counterblast to Praxeas, Tertullian came as near as he could to trinitarianism, without ab...

I am often amazed at the part that figurative language and metaphor played in the early church. For example, note how Melito of Sardis inter...

Greetings, I am posting the following in response to some information that has been posted on this blog regarding the pre-Nicenes and God...

There has been some discussion on another forum regarding Revelation 1:18. I now want to report what I have found pertaining to the translat...

In his book The Metaphor of God Incarnate (p. 69-71), John Hick quotes Frank Weston (1871-1924), a Trinitarian bishop who served in Africa. ...

See http://tertullian.org/articles/davies_tert_pliny.htm One quote from this link says: "The first of these 'errors' [in Tertul...

Hi all, I've often enjoyed reading Leonard Hodgson's Croall Lectures (1942-1943) which eventually became a book _The Doctrine of...

Dear Lady, You write: "Dear Prof. Foster, Which are the first episodes of prayers addressed to Christ?" In answering your question...