I am waiting to get my copy of the Hunnius book.
I have heard all the arguments about UOJ. In fact, I have copied all their favorite absolution-without-faith quotations. The UOJ Enthusiasts like to cite their authorities. This is a chance for them to examine an author from the age immediately follow Luther's lifetime.
If Walther, with a four-year degree from a rationalistic university, was an expert on all things Lutheran, how much more was Hunnius, who was trained in the Age of Lutheran Orthodoxy and known for his faithful work?
Instead of raising an atheist son, as the WELS experts in evangelism, Hunnius raised a another remarkable scholar, Nick, who wrote Diaskepsis Theologica.
I am looking forward to book reviews of Hunnius, by:
- Tim Glende
- Uncle John Brug
- DP Buchholz
- Rolf Preus or any other Preus kin
- Jack Cascione
- Pope Paul the Plagiarist (no cheating this time!)
- Jack Kilcrease (no erasing this time!)
- Jim Pierce
The reviews should touch upon these quotations and why they are NOT repudiations of UOJ:
I will be glad to post any reviews of Hunnius.
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Here's a little something to whet your appetite:
Theses Concerning The Huberian Universal Justification of Believers and Unbelievers
Note: Emphasis in bold italics reflects emphasis in the original indicated by capital letters.
Thesis 1
Huber professes such a justification, for the sake of which Christ has properly, actually and practically conferred redemption on the entire human race in such a way that sins have been equally remitted to all men, including the Turks, and that all men (including unbelievers) have received, remission of sins, and that the whole human race has, in actual fact, been received into the grace and bosom of God.
Thesis 3
This universal justification of the entire human race he considers (even without respect to faith in Christ) to be fully completed, sins being remitted on account of the satisfaction made by the Son of God and swallowed up in his own blood and wounds. These things he says concerning his justification.
Thesis 19
In addition, if we were all justified at the same time with a general justification and restored to the bosom of divine grace with sins having been forgiven solely by the merit of Christ without faith, then does not the justification by faith so accurately passed on by St. Paul lie in ruins, since it is clearly not a necessity for us?
Thesis 20
Huber will never be able to explain his way out of this nonsense of insoluble contradictions and most prodigious absurdities. Therefore let him enjoy his justification, and let him bless his elect and sanctified people with it – Turks, Jews, and all unbelievers. We, in the meantime, shall retain justification for believers only, as prescribed by all prophetic and apostolic Scriptures.
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