Michael Lynch
Michael Lynch teaches language and humanities at Delaware Valley Classical School in New Castle. He is the author of John Davenant’s Hypothetical Universalism: A Defense of Catholic and Reformed Orthodoxy (Oxford University Press, 2021).
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The Various Distinctions and Meanings of the Word Grace Used in the Reformed Schools
The following is a translation of pages 516–19 from Louis le Blanc’s Theses Theologicae … first published in 1683 in London by Moses Pitt. […]
“Grace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin,” by Taylor Patrick O’Neill: A Review
Unbeknownst to many, the Arminian (or Remonstrant) controversy of the early seventeenth century was not the first major early modern dispute about the perennial philosophical and theological questions touching on the relationship between divine sovereignty and human freedom. Such an honor must be given to the Roman Catholic dispute leading to the so-called Congregatio De […]
Conflict Is Never Merely Theological: The Parisian Mendicant Controversy
Ignoring social and political factors is one of the many pitfalls in the discipline of historical theology. These factors can and often do shape theological debates. Take, for example, the relatively unknown so-called Mendicant Controversy of the thirteenth century. The Franciscan and Dominican Orders arose at the beginning of the thirteenth century. These medieval orders […]
Teach Latin—For the Common Good
I have a confession to make. Even though I teach Latin at a classical school, I have not always been convinced that my students should be learning Latin. Sure, I’m familiar with the terrible arguments for learning Latin, i.e., it helps your English or the crasser version—it will help you on your SAT; but such […]
Beware of Reprints
The work you have on your shelf by that classic Christian author may not, in fact, be the original work said Christian author actually wrote. People are often surprised to find that the classic works they have on their shelves are either abridgments or heavily edited works which bear little resemblance to their originals. In […]
