Westminster Conference

Robert Strivens  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Jan 2019
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Westminster Conference

Nigel Graham

About 120 gathered on 4 – 5 December at Regent Hall, Oxford Circus, for the 2018 Westminster Conference.

The format was the same as ever – three papers a day, with substantial and helpful discussion following each paper except for the last one. The conference focuses on historical theology and its relevance for today, with particular emphasis on the Reformers and Puritans.

Election

First, Paul Wells (recently retired from the Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence) gave an exceptionally clear and well-informed paper on Amyraldianism, explaining how Amyraut’s understanding of God’s decree of election differed from the classic Reformed understanding and exposing the difficulties from which Amyraldianism thereby suffers.

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