Category: Pneumatology

Protestant Reformers: Apostles or Not?

John Calvin distinguishes between ordinary and extraordinary church offices, asserting that Pastors and Teachers are permanent, while Apostles, Prophets, and Evangelists were temporary. He argues that while the latter were essential for the church’s foundation, God may still raise them up in special circumstances, emphasizing the Reformers’ roles in restoring purity during crises, analogous to the Apostolic mission.… Read More Protestant Reformers: Apostles or Not?

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Cessation of the Miraculous Gifts | John Calvin

Miracles were promised only for a time, in order to give luster to the gospel, while it was new and in a state of obscurity… The true design for which miracles were appointed was, that nothing which was necessary for proving the doctrine of the gospel should be wanting at its commencement. And certainly we see that the use of them ceased not long afterwards. … Read More Cessation of the Miraculous Gifts | John Calvin

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Divine Nature and Personality of the Holy Spirit

John Owen Pneumatologia Book 1, ch. 3, pp. 65-92. The Divine Nature and Personality of the Holy Spirit Proved and Vindicated Ends of our consideration of the dispensation of the Spirit. We shall now proceed to the matter itself designed unto consideration—namely, the dispensation of the Spirit of God unto the church. And I shall… Read More Divine Nature and Personality of the Holy Spirit

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