22 I bet it will be a nice plinker or small game gun.The greatest trick Calvinists ever pulled was convincing the world that Jacob Arminius was Pelagius redivivus. If he is still on this site and active, would love a reply.The old Arminius brand doesn't get alot of respect, most pawn shops won't take one in on trade, but you have a very nice looking model. I came upon one by chance, and have read a 'thread' from years ago on this site from LANREZAC (). This message is to any and all with experience related to the Arminius 38 snub nose (2 inch blued bbl). Discussion Starter 1 Mar 5, 2017.
As a minister in good standing (during his lifetime) of the Dutch Reformed church, Arminius both subscribed to and taught the Belgic Confession and Heidelberg Catechism. This shouldn’t be surprising however. McCall render a valuable service to readers by outlining the main points of Arminius’s theology under three headings: “God and Creation,” “Providence and Predestination,” and “Sin and Salvation.” Their discussion of each of these topics include valuable insights into the late-16 th– and early 17 th-century Dutch milieu in which Arminius lived, served as a minister of the gospel, and taught sacred theology.Readers accustomed to Calvinist polemics against Arminius’s “synergism” and “anthropocentrism” will find themselves surprised by the depth and breadth of his agreement with numerous points of the Reformed tradition. Unfortunately, it has largely succeeded in both tainting Arminius’s good name and obscuring his theological contributions.In Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace, Keith D.
“But salvation is received by those who refuse to resist God’s grace. Instead, “grace must still precede the human will to enable any turn toward God,” which is why Arminius cannot fairly be labeled as either Pelagian or semi-Pelagian. For Arminius, it is conditional, based on God’s foreknowledge—middle knowledge, to be precise—of a person’s faith.Third, “the grace that is necessary for salvation can be refused.” Stanglin and McCall explain: “God’s love is communicated not as an irresistible coercion, but as a tender persuasion that will not finally override the human will.” Faith, the assent of the human will to God’s grace, is not self-willed or meritorious, however.
Toward that end, Stanglin and McCall’s book serves as an excellent introduction to and explication of the grace-filled theology of Jacob Arminius.I highly recommend this book, along with Carl Bangs’s biography, Arminius: A Study in the Dutch Reformation, and Roger Olson’s study, Arminian Theology: Myths and Reality. Whether they claim his name or not, the theological heirs of Jacob Arminius would benefit from a fresh engagement with this evangelical theologian. Some results of that renaissance have been salutary, since most of Calvinism—like most of Arminianism—is “mere Christianity.” Other results—especially the recrudescence of supralapsarianism—have not been salutary and need a response. By contrast, Calvinism—especially supralapsarian Calvinism—grounds both election and reprobation in the unconditioned will of God, effectively making God the author of human sin, which he willed, and therefore the unjust punisher of his own handiwork.The past two decades have witnessed a renaissance of Calvinism among North American evangelicals.
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