Antinomians? Without a doubt (7)
In this article, Prof. Ronald Cammenga defends the Protestant Reformed position against charges of antinomianism by demonstrating that Calvin taught God's forgiveness of sins follows and depends upon the sinner's repentance, not preceding it eternally. Through careful analysis of Calvin's Institutes, commentaries, and prayers, Cammenga argues that the Reformed Protestant Churches' doctrine of forgiveness before repentance contradicts both Calvin's theology and historical Reformed teaching on the proper order of justification and sanctification.
Prof. Ronald Cammenga, rector and professor of Dogmatics and Old Testament in the Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary and member of Southwest PRC in Wyoming, Michigan Although the wicked, while they reproach God and pour and vomit out the venom of their breast, harden themselves in the vain hope that they shall not be punished, still there will not be a syllable which the Lord does not hear and which he does not at length call to account. John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of the Prophet...
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