Reformed Churchmen: Navigating the “Three Streams:” Some Second Thoughts about a Popular Typology

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, October 15, 2009

Navigating the “Three Streams:” Some Second Thoughts about a Popular Typology

Navigating the “Three Streams:” Some Second Thoughts about a Popular Typology

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An article on the ACNA by a history Professor about the Three-Streams theology. It's muted, useful to a minor degree, but so lacking in power as to be generally useful. Men like Dr. Harp don't lead Reformations; men like Luther do...men who speak with strength, directness, academic backgrounds, and with power.

Our Windbag VOL posted it, but the hack-moderators have been keeping criticisms muted and expurgated. The other commentators--claques and supporters, as usual, don't afford much historical, theological, confessional or biblical insight.