James Durham: On Reading
One of the purposes of Meet the Puritans is to encourage the reading of, well, the Puritans and other literature that stands in that tradition. But how do we know…
Donald John Maclean
John Knox and the Lord’s Supper: Some Practical Points
Up to this point it has been shown that, for John Knox, the Lord’s Supper is ordained of God; Christ is truly, but spiritually present; and it is a great…
John Knox and the Lord’s Supper: The Mass
So far we have seen Knox’s rich and positive understanding of the Lord’s Supper. Now we turn to consider Knox’s view of what he called “that Papisticall abomination” – the…
John Knox and the Lord’s Supper: For Believers Only
If the Lord’s Supper is a great blessing, then who should partake of it? In this sacrament, ordained of God, who should come to the table of the Lord? Knox…
John Knox and the Lord’s Supper: Inestimable Blessing
As we’ve seen so far in our survey of John Knox’s theology of the Lord’s Supper (part 1, part 2, part 3), it is ordained by God and Christ is…
John Knox and the Lord’s Supper: Importance and Presence
John Knox’s position on the Lord’s Supper is most formally set forth in his 1550 A Summary, According to Holy Scriptures, of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper (Works, 3:71-75.) This…
John Knox and the Lord’s Supper: Worship In General
Having briefly surveyed the debates over the Lord’s Supper at the Reformation (part 1), before proceeding to John Knox (1513-1572), it is important to consider the broader place the reform…
John Knox and the Lord’s Supper: Introduction
John Knox gave significant focus to the Lord’s Supper through his life, and there is much in Knox’s teaching that provides fruitful material for theological reflection. As such a series…
John Knox on Reprobation
The election of only some to life necessarily implies the existence of a group of non-elect, or reprobate. And so, just as Knox affirmed his belief in election, so he…
John Knox on Election & Soteriology
Having considered John Knox’s doctrine of predestination (part 1) and how he related it the attributes of immutability and omniscience (part 2), we now move specifically to election. Election…
John Knox on Predestination and the Attributes of God
“This is our plaine confession, which we simply and boldly do affirme, that Rom. 8., this is a stable and immutable foundation, ‘The Lord knoweth his own, that no creature…
John Knox on Predestination
While his Works fill six large volumes, John Knox wrote only one lengthy explicitly theological work. Its subject is encapsulated in its title, “An Answer to the Cavillations of Adversary Respecting…