The Formation of Christian Doctrine (Biblia.com)

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The Formation of Christian Doctrine is a high-level academic study of the history of Christian doctrinal development. The book distinguishes at length between the scholarly term “inventio” (making explicit what is implicit in the biblical revelation) and the idea of “invention” (presenting a novelty as Christian teaching that conflicts with the biblical revelation). Specifically, The Formation...

Baptist confession. The prophet Isaiah teaches that the Word of God accomplishes the purposes for which the all-wise God sends it (Isa 55:8–11). Interacting with the Old Testament witness, the author of the book of Hebrews concluded that the Word of God is a living, active, searching, and judging instrument of God (Heb 4:11–13). In apparent opposition to the critical approach, Scripture pictures the Word not as an object that is examined but as the subject who examines. The Word may be said to read

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