tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post8401566081150575480..comments2023-11-05T22:39:34.996+10:30Comments on Classic Theology New: DepravityWarren Huffahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641632471131333680noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-18050054025737772452008-06-24T14:46:00.000+09:302008-06-24T14:46:00.000+09:30Thanks, this is helpful. Perhaps Mascall had in hi...Thanks, this is helpful. Perhaps Mascall had in his sights less able Protestants than Calvin?Warren Huffahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641632471131333680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-62599418898473671522008-06-24T12:57:00.000+09:302008-06-24T12:57:00.000+09:30The notion of total depravity comes from Calvin. B...The notion of total depravity comes from Calvin. But he is able to hold together (quite comfortably) total depravity and the fact that humans are made in the image and likeness of God. When Calvin spoke of the depravity of nature, he didn't mean that there was no good in the world or in humanity, but simply that there was no unalloyed good in the world, no part or capacity or desire untouched by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-21010467172840371972008-06-24T12:17:00.000+09:302008-06-24T12:17:00.000+09:30From memory he has in his sights those that deny t...From memory he has in his sights those that deny that all people remain in the image of God. He does not mean by this, however, that there is a 'bit' of us that doe not need saving grace.Warren Huffahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641632471131333680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-49310158244513207062008-06-24T09:02:00.000+09:302008-06-24T09:02:00.000+09:30I suppose that begs the question of just what Masc...I suppose that begs the question of just what Mascall means by 'total depravity' - and, of course, also what you mean by it. It's also worth noting that Mascall's hardly a representative Anglican voice here. He comes at this from a neo-thomist perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com