Bavinck? Yes. Hoeksema? No. (2)
Kenneth Koole critiques L. R. O'Donnell's scholarly attempt to distinguish Herman Bavinck's covenant theology from Herman Hoeksema's more "ontologized" formulation, arguing that O'Donnell misunderstands the implications of grounding God's covenant in His triune being. The article examines whether such a covenantal understanding necessarily compromises God's freedom and the contingency of creation, addressing a central theological dispute in Protestant Reformed history.
Previous article in this series: March 1, 2013, p. 244. We are dealing with an article in the Mid-American Journal of Theology entitled "Not Subtle Enough: An Assessment of Modern Scholarship on Herman Bavinck's Reformulation of the Pactum Salutis Contra 'Scholastic Subtlety'" (MJT 22, 2011), written by Dr. L. R. O'Donnell III. As stated in the last issue, O'Donnell does his best to put as much distance as possible between Bavinck's covenantal views and those of certain twentieth century...
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