Re: great creationists of the past

In addition to the note I just posted, I might add that Newton came to his
conclusions through a rigorous and incredibly comprehensive study of the
Latin and Greek fathers as well as the New Testament. The list of authors
Westfall lists among Newton's notes is impressive. And he read his sources
very carefully and discriminatingly. according to Westfall. His critique of
1 John 5:7, which Newton labeled "a notable corruption of scripture" in an
essay, would impress any modern textual scholar.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexanian, Moorad" <alexanian@uncw.edu>
To: "Jim Armstrong" <jarmstro@qwest.net>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 9:46 PM
Subject: RE: great creationists of the past

> What would be interesting is to know precisely what "particular and pretty
> well-researched reasons" Newton had for reaching his conclusions, which I
> suppose denies the deity of Christ, or more precisely, the Oneness of God
> in the face of the Trinity. Does anyone know? Did Newton have at hand
> more than the very same Scriptures we have? Or else, was his conclusion
> about the nature of Christ based on his prior assumptions on the nature of
> God.
>
>
> Moorad
>
Received on Sun Apr 16 00:07:33 2006