The “Eodem Modo” Rejected in the Conclusion of the Canons (1)

This is a subject which has been much discussed in recent Reformed theology in connection with the doctrine of predestination and especially in connection with the doctrine of reprobation. Appeal has been made by some theologians to the fact that this expression, eodem modo, is rejected in the Conclusion of the Canons of Dordrecht in order to modify -- in fact, to change radically -- the doctrine of reprobation as taught and confessed in the first chapter of the Canons. This is a subject which...