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==Theological background==

==Theological background==

The type of theonomic ethics depends on the [[Covenant theology]] in which it is embedded. The Reformed wing of the [[Reformation]] showed a strong interest in Biblical law, and this was especially so in Britain where there was a [[tradition]] of Biblical law going back into the [[Middle Ages]]. The development of a clear bi-covenantal system of theology provided a framework to support theonomy. Covenant theology holds that there are two fundamental covenants between God and man. The first is the Covenant of Works, made with [[Material Sons|Adam]], the covenant representative of all [[humanity]] and thus binding on all of humanity. The other covenant is the Covenant of [[Grace]], made with Christ and his church. By 1787, when John Brown's Compendious View of Natural and Revealed Religion was published, Biblical law was a major division of systematic theology. Brown gives it fifty pages. One type of theonomy, as taught by Greg Bahnsen is a development of this bi-covenantal type of [[theology]].

The type of theonomic ethics depends on the [[Covenant theology]] in which it is embedded. The Reformed wing of the [[Reformation]] showed a strong interest in Biblical law, and this was especially so in Britain where there was a [[tradition]] of Biblical law going back into the [[Middle Ages]]. The development of a clear bi-covenantal system of theology provided a framework to support theonomy. Covenant theology holds that there are two fundamental covenants between God and man. The first is the Covenant of Works, made with [[Paper 51 - The Planetary Adams|Adam]], the covenant representative of all [[humanity]] and thus binding on all of humanity. The other covenant is the Covenant of [[Grace]], made with Christ and his church. By 1787, when John Brown's Compendious View of Natural and Revealed Religion was published, Biblical law was a major division of systematic theology. Brown gives it fifty pages. One type of theonomy, as taught by Greg Bahnsen is a development of this bi-covenantal type of [[theology]].

An additional contribution by the Reformation, especially in its Scottish, Presbyterian expression, to [[Bahnsenian theonomy]] is the Regulative Principle of [[Worship]]. This holds that we may only [[worship]] God in the [[manner]] that God has commanded. These commands are to be found in the Bible and those in the [[Old Testament]] are still binding, except where they have been modified by direct commandment, example, or the logical implication of these in the [[New Testament]]. This same interpretive principle was applied first by Rushdoony and then by Greg Bahnsen to ethics was well as to worship. There is, therefore, standing law from the Old Testament, found in its greatest detail in the law of [[Moses]], that still binds today, except where it has been overturned by the commands of the New Testament, apostolic example in the New Testament, and what these logically imply.

An additional contribution by the Reformation, especially in its Scottish, Presbyterian expression, to [[Bahnsenian theonomy]] is the Regulative Principle of [[Worship]]. This holds that we may only [[worship]] God in the [[manner]] that God has commanded. These commands are to be found in the Bible and those in the [[Old Testament]] are still binding, except where they have been modified by direct commandment, example, or the logical implication of these in the [[New Testament]]. This same interpretive principle was applied first by Rushdoony and then by Greg Bahnsen to ethics was well as to worship. There is, therefore, standing law from the Old Testament, found in its greatest detail in the law of [[Moses]], that still binds today, except where it has been overturned by the commands of the New Testament, apostolic example in the New Testament, and what these logically imply.

#See Theonomic Ethics and the Westminster Confession by Kenneth Gentry, The New Puritanism: A Preliminary Assessment of Christian Reconstruction by Robert Bowman, Jr., Theonomy and the Westminster Confession by Martin Foulner, The Theonomic Precedent in the Theology of John Calvin by Christopher Strevel, and Calvinism and the Judicial Law of Mosesby James Jordan, and The Theonomic Thesis in Confessional and Historical Perspective by Greg Bahnsen.

#See Theonomic Ethics and the Westminster Confession by Kenneth Gentry, The New Puritanism: A Preliminary Assessment of Christian Reconstruction by Robert Bowman, Jr., Theonomy and the Westminster Confession by Martin Foulner, The Theonomic Precedent in the Theology of John Calvin by Christopher Strevel, and Calvinism and the Judicial Law of Mosesby James Jordan, and The Theonomic Thesis in Confessional and Historical Perspective by Greg Bahnsen.

#Geesink, William (1931) (in Dutch). Gereformeerde ethiek. Kampen. p. (pages unknown). OCLC 10534930.  

#Geesink, William (1931) (in Dutch). Gereformeerde ethiek. Kampen. p. (pages unknown). OCLC 10534930.  

#Bahnsen, Greg. "The Theonomic Antithesis to Other Law-Attitudes". Covenant Media Foundation. http://www.cmfnow.com/articles/pe054.htm. Retrieved on 2008-11-27.  

#Bahnsen, Greg. "The Theonomic Antithesis to Other Law-Attitudes". Covenant Media Foundation. https://www.cmfnow.com/articles/pe054.htm. Retrieved on 2008-11-27.  

#Jay Rogers. "What is Theonomy?". http://www.forerunner.com/theofaq.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.  

#Jay Rogers. "What is Theonomy?". https://www.forerunner.com/theofaq.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.  

#Chilton, David, Paradise Restored: A Biblical Theology of Dominion, Appendix A

#Chilton, David, Paradise Restored: A Biblical Theology of Dominion, Appendix A

#North, Gary, Political Polytheism, p. 87

#North, Gary, Political Polytheism, p. 87

==External Links==

==External Links==

Historical Background

Historical Background

* [http://www.pcahistory.org/pca/2-555.html Position Papers on Theonomy] from the [[Presbyterian Church in America]]

* [https://www.pcahistory.org/pca/2-555.html Position Papers on Theonomy] from the Presbyterian Church in America

Proponents

Proponents

* [http://www.chalcedon.edu/articles/article.php?ArticleID=2361 "The Current Trends in the Theonomy Debate"] by Jacob Aitken

* [https://www.chalcedon.edu/articles/article.php?ArticleID=2361 "The Current Trends in the Theonomy Debate"] by Jacob Aitken

* [http://www.ipc.faithweb.com/documents/THEONOMY.htm "Theonomy: What It Is, What It Is Not"] by Mark Duncan  

* [https://www.ipc.faithweb.com/documents/THEONOMY.htm "Theonomy: What It Is, What It Is Not"] by Mark Duncan  

Critiques

Critiques

* [http://www.providencepca.com/essays/theonomy.html "The Westminster Confession of Faith: A Theonomic Document?"] by J. Ligon Duncan

* [https://www.providencepca.com/essays/theonomy.html "The Westminster Confession of Faith: A Theonomic Document?"] by J. Ligon Duncan

* [http://www.thirdmill.org/newfiles/joh_frame/TH.Frame.Theonomy.pdf "Penultimate Thoughts on Theonomy"] by John Frame

* [https://www.thirdmill.org/newfiles/joh_frame/TH.Frame.Theonomy.pdf "Penultimate Thoughts on Theonomy"] by John Frame

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