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The subject of God's General Revelation has in our day aroused agitated and even violent discussions, and the time when Reformed theology could take the distinction between general and special revelation for granted appears to be gone forever, says Professor Berkouwer. Does the distinction between general and special revelation, he asks, do justice to the unique and “once-for-all” character of...

“general revelation” is widely held in the modern theological world. It is the fruit of a rapidly growing relativism. When Brunner speaks of “the antithesis: general and special revelation,”6 he demonstrates this tendency of modern theology, namely, the failure to appreciate the uniqueness of the Christ-revelation and the attempt to defend a “general-religion,” which becomes concrete and particularized in the various religions. It can be said that in many respects modernism defends a “general revelation,”
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