The Christian Reformed Synod and the “Dekker Case” (5): Begging The Question

The study committee appointed by the Chr. Ref. Synod of 1964 in connection with the so-called! "Dekker Case" was not only given a general mandate to study the doctrine of limited atonement as it relates to the love of God, and to study the doctrinal expressions of Prof. H. Dekker; but they were also enjoined by Synod to study. specifically the following: "a. Whether the nature of the atonement and the decree of election allow for the validity of making a qualitative distinction between the...