· Prolegomena ·

Lecture Four:  Theology and Authority

TH330 Systematic Theology I · Moody Bible Institute · Dr. Richard M. Weber

I. Introduction

II. Authority in Liberalism

A. Reason

B. Feelings

C. Conscience

D. Conclusion

III. Authority in Neo-Orthodoxy

IV. Authority in Conservatism

| !! Liberalism

| Neo-Orthodoxy | Orthodoxy | Believes In: |

A. Conservative Catholicism

B. Conservative Protestantism

“Orthodoxy is that branch of Christendom which limits the ground of religious authority to the Bible.”  (Edward John Carnell, The Case for Orthodoxy, 13)

“The Scriptures contain the objective revelation of God and are therefore the basis of authority for the conservative Protestant.”  (Charles C. Ryrie, Basic Theology, 22)

Consider Heb 13:7, 17.  “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you.  … Obey your leaders and submit to their authority.  They keep watch over you as men who must give an account.  Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be no advantage to you.”