The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.
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Showing posts with label Aquinas. Show all posts

10 Doctors of the church



1. Doctor of Grace (Augustine of Hippo)
2. Doctor Angelicus or the angelic doctor (Aquinas)
3. Doctor Subtilis (Duns Scotus)
4. Doctor Invincibilis (William of Ockham)
5. Doctor Mellifluus (Bernard of Clairvaux)
6. Doctor Profundis (Thomas Bradwardine)
7. The heavenly doctor (Richard Sibbes)
8. Doctor Voluminous (John Gill)
9. Doctor Squintum (Whitefield)
10, The Doctor (Lloyd-Jones)

Dr Calhoun Church History Lectures

I have now listened to all 35 lectures from Dr David Calhoun on ancient and medieval church history given I the nineties at Covenant Theological Seminary. Each lecture is around 45 minutes in length and is a helpful introduction or refresher course in the main points of the history of the period from a Christian point of view. Church history is the subject rather than theology as such but there is some helpful stuff here all delivered in a warm and helpful way and well worth checking out. They are available on itunes u.

i tunes U Mediaeval Theology

Often slow on the uptake I recently noticed iTunes U and in particular a series of lectures by Douglas Kelly given at Reformed Theological Seminary on Mediaeval Theology. There are some 22 lectures (about 20 hours altogether I guess) looking at Boethius, Aquinas, etc, etc. They appear to have been given recently to undergraduates and are well worth checking out (I am on Lecture 19 by now). Kelly combines academic depth (in theology, philosophy and ancient languages) with warm presentation that is sometimes lightly humorous and often applied to today's issues. The stance is thoroughly evangelical but very even handed and seeks to point up the wisdom of our Medieval forefathers. For more info check here.