one has opened the door to natural theology and guaranteed it a legitimate place in the theological system? An affirmative reply is frequently given. General revelation and natural theology are thought to be on the same plane structurally, They admit, for the fact can hardly be denied, that the confession of general revelation has frequently gone parallel to a refutation of natural theology, but this is considered an inconsistency. Consistently—it is said—the idea of general revelation must lead
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