Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Mr. Griesel on Jacobus Borstius (1612-1680)--Reformed Instruction of Small Children


Jacobus Borstius (1612-1680): An example of classical Reformed instruction to small children


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Jacobus Borstius (1612-1680) wrote an influential Dutch catechism aimed at very young children, titled Eenige Vragen voor de Kleine Kinderen (Some Questions for Little Childen), which for some time was quite influential in South Africa. The uncomplicated character of this work shows how simply the Reformed faith can be presented, and yet still convey central points. Here Borstius offers one of the clearest examples of the preparatory character of the law being applied to children of believers (covenant children), and by implication, the view of the iustitia aliena (alien righteousness of Christ imputed to us by faith alone):

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We hate to cut it off, but, for the sake of assisting Mr. Griesel, his goodly blog, and the goodly instruction, you'll have to go here:  http://deovivendiperchristum.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/jacobus-borstius-1612-1680-an-example-of-classical-reformed-instruction-to-small-children/

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