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podcast 55 – John Locke’s Second Vindication of his Reasonableness of Christianity

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John Locke paintingLocke fired back twice against Edwards’s criticisms of Locke’s The Reasonableness of Christianity. In this episode, we hear a bit of Locke’s Second Vindication.

Locke presses Edwards on whether or not Edwards can give a set a beliefs such that one must believe (or confess) all of them to be a Christian. Locke also discusses the interesting case of clashing Christian theories about the Eucharist / Lord’s Supper. Locke holds that a Christian is obligated what he (after some reasonable effort) believes Jesus and the apostles to be teaching on that matter.

I offer a few thoughts on Locke’s arguments, and highlight a few shortcomings of his replies to Edwards.

Lastly, we hear from the apostle Peter, as reported by Luke in Acts 10 – his message, preached as an entryway into God’s kingdom: does Peter’s message sound more like Locke’s summary, or like Edwards’s? What do you think?

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2 thoughts on “podcast 55 – John Locke’s Second Vindication of his Reasonableness of Christianity”

  1. Hi Dale, I think you forgot to insert a quotation from Mark in the episode. At one point you say, “Insert my Peter here”. Anyway, looks like I downloaded potentially rare “collector’s edition” of this episode! Really enjoying these episodes on Locke vs. Edwards.

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