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Studies in Dogmatics: General Revelation is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

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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