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“Guilt was imputed and corruption was conveyed”

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Gordon Clark (August 31, 1902 - April 9, 1985) was a prominent philosopher known for his work in Christian philosophy. His philosophical thought was based on Christian principles, emphasizing the role of logic and reason in religious faith. more

“In every system of theology, therefore, there is a chapter De libero arbitrio. This is a question which every theologian finds in his path, and which he must dispose of; and on the manner in which it is determined depends his theology, and of course his religion, so far as his theology is to him a truth and reality”

Reality Courses Sin Path Depends Determined Theology Chapters Theologian Truth And Reality

Book:Systematic Theology

Source: Systematic Theology

“He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not to do; or omits what he ought to do, he is chargeable with sin”

Knows Men Doe Sin He Man Ought

Book:Systematic Theology

Source: Systematic Theology

“If, unable to solve the mysteries of Providence, we plunge into Atheism, we only increase a thousand fold the darkness by which we are surrounded”

Ifs Sin Darkness Mystery Atheism Thousand Increase Solve Providence Folds Plunge

Book:Systematic Theology

Source: Systematic Theology

“Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad as he can be, but he has no holiness, that is, no supreme love of God”

Men Mean Sin Highest Absence Supreme God Love Holiness Intensity Depravity Depraved

Author:William Greenough Thayer Shedd

“Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state”

States Law Sin Moral Conformity Disposition Moral Law

Book:Systematic Theology : Volume II (Illustrated)

Source: Systematic Theology : Volume II (Illustrated)

“It may be doubted whether any repentance is genuine which is not repentance for sin rather than sins”

May Sin Genuine Repentance Doubted

Book:Systematic Theology : Volume II (Illustrated)

Source: Systematic Theology : Volume II (Illustrated)

“In opposition to the plenary ability taught by the Pelagians, the gracious ability of the Arminians, and the natural ability of the New School theologians, the Scriptures declare the total inability of the sinner to turn himself to God or to do that which is truly good in God's sight”

School Turns Natural Sin Ability Taught Sight Scripture Opposition Sinner Theologian Inability Gracious Natural Ability

Book:Systematic Theology : Volume II (Illustrated)

Source: Systematic Theology : Volume II (Illustrated)

“The depravity which sin has produced in human nature extends to the whole of it. There is no part of man's nature which is unaffected by it. Man's nature is all of a piece, and what affects it at all affects it altogether”

Men Humans Whole Sin Pieces Human Nature Depravity

Book:Studies in Theology: Lectures Delivered in Chicago Theological Seminary

Source: Studies in Theology: Lectures Delivered in Chicago Theological Seminary

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