THE PROTESTANT DOCTRINE OF SCRIPTURE.
Vol. 1 of In Defense of the Faith/Biblical Christianity.
Nutley, NJ: 1967. 156 pp.
The first in a series of six volumes. In this volume the Reformed defense of Scripture is compared to evangelical approaches. Van Til stresses that the doctrine of the inspiration and authority of Scripture must be understood in relation to and in unity with its doctrinal content.
Preface
1. The Reformed Doctrine of Scripture [cf. 1946.C]
2. The Roman Catholic View of Analogy
3. The Reformed Doctrine of Inspiration (Warfield, Bavinck)
4. The Roman Catholic View of Scripture (Aquinas, Trent)
5. Neo-Orthodoxy and Christ Mysticism
6. Modern Attacks on Scripture (Francis L. Patton, Bernard Ramm)
7. Evangelical Approaches to the Defense of Scripture
(Warfield, Gordon Clark, Dewey M. Beegle, Stuart C. Hackett)
Appendix I-General and Special Revelation [1954.H, 1964.F3]
Appendix II-Berkouwer’s Recent View of Scripture [cf. 1975.B2]
“The present paper deals with only one phase of this doctrine, namely, that the Protestant doctrine of Scripture is involved in the Protestant view of the content of Scripture. More particularly, it takes notice of the unbiblical character of the views of such Protestants as fail to see this basic point. There can be no proper statement of defense of the Protestant view of Scripture unless it be made in terms of the proper statement and defense of Protestantism as a whole. . . . We must, therefore, look anew into the works of such men as Herman Bavinck and Benjamin B. Warfield, to discover what the historic Protestant view of Scripture is and how we may, by holding to it, be of service to the Church of our day.
“The doctrine of Scripture is intricately interwoven with all the main teaching of Scripture. This doctrine is interwoven with the idea of the world’s creation and its all comprehensive providential control by God the Father. We may say that the doctrine of creation and of providence form the foundation of the idea of Scripture. But on the other hand we should know nothing about the truth of creation and providence if it were not the Scripture as God’s Word that tells us of them. Then, secondly, the doctrine of inspiration is interwoven with that of the historic redemption of the world through Christ as the Son of God. The work of redemption through Christ is also the foundation of the idea of Scripture . . . Finally, the work of the Father and the work of the Son and the work of the Spirit constitute the one work of the triune God.”.
Vol. 1 of In Defense of the Faith/Biblical Christianity.
Nutley, NJ: 1967. 156 pp.
The first in a series of six volumes. In this volume the Reformed defense of Scripture is compared to evangelical approaches. Van Til stresses that the doctrine of the inspiration and authority of Scripture must be understood in relation to and in unity with its doctrinal content.
Preface
1. The Reformed Doctrine of Scripture [cf. 1946.C]
2. The Roman Catholic View of Analogy
3. The Reformed Doctrine of Inspiration (Warfield, Bavinck)
4. The Roman Catholic View of Scripture (Aquinas, Trent)
5. Neo-Orthodoxy and Christ Mysticism
6. Modern Attacks on Scripture (Francis L. Patton, Bernard Ramm)
7. Evangelical Approaches to the Defense of Scripture
(Warfield, Gordon Clark, Dewey M. Beegle, Stuart C. Hackett)
Appendix I-General and Special Revelation [1954.H, 1964.F3]
Appendix II-Berkouwer’s Recent View of Scripture [cf. 1975.B2]
“The present paper deals with only one phase of this doctrine, namely, that the Protestant doctrine of Scripture is involved in the Protestant view of the content of Scripture. More particularly, it takes notice of the unbiblical character of the views of such Protestants as fail to see this basic point. There can be no proper statement of defense of the Protestant view of Scripture unless it be made in terms of the proper statement and defense of Protestantism as a whole. . . . We must, therefore, look anew into the works of such men as Herman Bavinck and Benjamin B. Warfield, to discover what the historic Protestant view of Scripture is and how we may, by holding to it, be of service to the Church of our day.
“The doctrine of Scripture is intricately interwoven with all the main teaching of Scripture. This doctrine is interwoven with the idea of the world’s creation and its all comprehensive providential control by God the Father. We may say that the doctrine of creation and of providence form the foundation of the idea of Scripture. But on the other hand we should know nothing about the truth of creation and providence if it were not the Scripture as God’s Word that tells us of them. Then, secondly, the doctrine of inspiration is interwoven with that of the historic redemption of the world through Christ as the Son of God. The work of redemption through Christ is also the foundation of the idea of Scripture . . . Finally, the work of the Father and the work of the Son and the work of the Spirit constitute the one work of the triune God.”.
