Ken Wilson "Foundations of Augustinian Calvinism"

I expect we will complete the book in this stream as we have only one chapter to go and an Appendix etc.

This book was written to record the evidence that Augustinianism and ultimately Calvinism were derived from gnosticism. The ideas of TULIP etc were rejected by the early church. In this video, we read and critique Chapter Six "Augustine Taught Determinism as Predestination". Here is the link to the full playlist. https://rumble.com/playlists/DQ7nCIJQS3E

This book was written to record the evidence that Augustinianism and ultimately Calvinism were derived from gnosticism. The ideas of TULIP etc were rejected by the early church. In this video, we read and critique the beginning of the book including the introduction and Chapter One. The first chapter deals with the teachings of the stoics, neoplatonists and gnostics (including manichaens). The similarity to Calvinism is striking. These were all influences on Augustine and he even claims that it was neoplatonism that converted him to Christianity! Here is the link to the full playlist. https://rumble.com/playlists/DQ7nCIJQS3E

This book was written to record the evidence that Augustinianism and ultimately Calvinism were derived from gnosticism. The ideas of TULIP etc were rejected by the early church. In this video, we read and critique Chapter Two "Early Christian Authors 95–400 CE" (CE means AD). In this chapter we see how all the early church "fathers" prior to Augustine fought against determinism. Here is the link to the full playlist. https://rumble.com/playlists/DQ7nCIJQS3E

This book was written to record the evidence that Augustinianism and ultimately Calvinism were derived from gnosticism. The ideas of TULIP etc were rejected by the early church. In this video, we read and critique Chapter Three "Augustine of Hippo's Traditional Theology 386–411 CE" (CE means AD), and Chapter Four "Augustine's Conversion to "Non-free Free Will". Here is the link to the full playlist. https://rumble.com/playlists/DQ7nCIJQS3E

This book was written to record the evidence that Augustinianism and ultimately Calvinism were derived from gnosticism. The ideas of TULIP etc were rejected by the early church. In this video, we read and critique Chapter Five "Augustine Reverted to Manichaean Interpretations of Scripture". Here is the link to the full playlist. https://rumble.com/playlists/DQ7nCIJQS3E