Cornelius Van Til & John Calvin...a comparison

Van Til loved paradox

Calvin hated paradox

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• John
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1.

It is funny that Cornelius Van Til loved paradox. His best known writings pertain to the Doctrine of the Trinity, which he hashed up so badly because of his love of Greek philosophy. In his writings on the Trinity, his desperate attempts to HARMONIZE the rubbish he taught, he had to make reference to the nebulous and mystical teachings of pagan Greek philosophers Parmenides and Heraclites. He applied their teachings on the "one and the many" to the CHRISTIAN doctrine of the Trinity.

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2.

Ralph Allan Smith, interpreting Van Til's tripe, writes:

"Van Til offered an approach to Christian apologetics that was new.. ..he adopted the Kantian transcendental form of argumentation to Christian.. Van Til recommended the use of a transcendental argument to prove the truth of Christianity. A transcendental argument is thought to differ in structure from a deductive argument. Empirical verification was thought to be the test of truth." -

Van Til's Insights on the Trinity, page 12 & 13

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