在 Torrance 的用法里,“Latin Heresy”(拉丁异端)不是一个小边缘问题,
## 一、把救恩收缩为“外在交易”的赎罪观
– 拉丁异端的核心是:把基督的工作理解为在我们之外进行的一次“
– 在许多改革宗表述里,这表现为:赎罪几乎等同于“刑罚代替+
– Torrance 认为,这是拉丁异端在改革宗救恩论中的明显痕迹:救恩被解释在“
## 二、在基督之外处理预定、约与律法
– 拉丁异端的另一标志,是“在基督之外思考上帝与救恩”,把预定、
– 在联邦式改革宗救恩论中,这体现为:
– 可以在“永恒旨意”层面讨论双重预定与有限赎罪,好像有一个“
– 可以先设想一套工作之约/恩典之约、律法要求、契约条件,
– Torrance 认为,这使信徒“
## 三、强化纯司法化的称义,而削弱本体联合
– 拉丁异端偏好“只用外在关系思考”,
– 在许多改革宗系统中,称义往往被优先定义为“一次性法庭宣告、
– Torrance 指出,这样做等于“让外在法庭结构吞噬了尼西亚式的本体联合”,
## 四、形成一种“福音被律法框架决定”的律法主义风险
– Torrance 指出,联邦神学(作为拉丁传统在新教中的表达)
– 在改革宗救恩论中,这具体带来两种倾向:
1. 救恩范围与性质,更多从“神如何在法律上保持公义、约如何履行”
2. 在应用层面,信心、悔改、顺服容易被感觉成“进入约中的条件”,
– Torrance 因此说,拉丁异端使得西方(包括许多改革宗)把救恩主要讲成“
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