Atonement Debate to Begin Shortly

A new debate is about to start. The following are the details.

Resolved: God imputed the guilt of the sins of the elect to Christ.
Affirmed: Turretin Fan
Denied: Nicholas E.

Debate Start: Jan 4.
1. Aff. Constructive and Neg. Constructive - Due Jan 18.
2. Aff. Rebuttal - Due Feb 1.
3. Neg. Rebuttal - Due Feb 15.
4. Aff. Cross-Ex. Questions to the Neg. - Due Mar 1.
5. Neg. Cross-Ex. Answers and Neg. Cross-Ex. Questions to the Affirmative - Due Mar 15.
6. Aff. Cross-Ex. Answers to the Neg. - Due Mar 29.
7. Negative Conclusion - Due April 12.
8. Affirmative Conclusion - Due April 26.
Debate End: April 26.

All Essays are 5k words maximum, while each of the 5 Questions are 1k words maximum. The word limits include any citations and quotes.

Rules:
(1) Each person will post their own essays on their own blog. The opponent can then go and cut & paste the opposing response.
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(2) Comment boxes for our Essays will be closed.

(3) Citing church documents, theologians, and other such references is allowed, though the opponent is not necessarily bound to defend any claims other than his own.

(4) Formatting essay text (ie size, bold, underline, italics, etc) is allowed.


-TurretinFan

Seek no farther

Francis is referring to my quote of John Chrysostom, in his homily on 2 Thessalonians, specifically 2:15, which I reproduce here:

“So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by Epistle of ours.

Hence it is manifest, that they did not deliver all things by Epistle, but many things also unwritten, and in like manner both the one and the other are worthy of credit. Therefore let us think the tradition of the Church also worthy of credit. It is a tradition, seek no farther. Here he shows that there were many who were shaken."

Looks Like a First Debate for the Blog

The first debate looks like it will be between an Internet poster named "Orthodox" and the present author, on the topic:

Resolved: "It is tradition, look no further" is less workable as applied to the theological content of the Westminster Confession of Faith than "The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it."

You'll recognize that the former mantra is attributed to an early Greek father, and the latter mantra is attributed to "fundamentalist" adherents to Sola Scriptura.

By way of clarification of resolutional intent, it is resolved that the former mantra does not work as well as (it's not as practical, as feasible, or as handy as) the second mantra when it comes to discussing theology (taking the WCF contents as an example of theology).

-Turretinfan