It is in Oliphint’s final critique of Aquinas’ views on natural reason and philosophy in their relation to theology that the source of his misreading of Aquinas becomes clear. The assumption that Aquinas, given his attachment to Aristotle, attempted to…
This is the third and final installement of Dr. Muller’s review of Thomas Aquinas by K. Scott Oliphint. Read part one here, and part two here. It is in Oliphint’s final critique of Aquinas’ views on natural reason and philosophy in their relation to theology that…
Oliphint’s discussion of Aquinas’ view of God draws heavily on the claims of Cornelius Van Til, one of whose basic points of critique is that Aquinas’ “idea of the analogy of being compromises the biblical doctrine of creation.”1 In Van…
Oliphint’s discussion of Aquinas’ view of God draws heavily on the claims of Cornelius Van Til, one of whose basic points of critique is that Aquinas’ “idea of the analogy of being compromises the biblical doctrine of creation.”1 In Van…
Note: This is the second part of Richard A. Muller’s review of Thomas Aquinas by K. Scott Oliphint. Read part one here. Oliphint’s discussion of Aquinas’ view of God draws heavily on the claims of Cornelius Van Til, one of whose basic…
In the first post in this series, we gave consideration to Van Til’s assessment of Barth’s Christology. In this post we wish to examine Barth’s own teaching on Christology. The key to understanding Barth’s Christology is to understand where he…
In the recent resurgence of interest in the theology of Karl Barth–particularly among evangelicals1–theologians of no mean significance have opined on Cornelius Van Til’s writings about the dialectical theologian. Van Til, according to some, offered an “absurd”2 and “inept analysis”3…
