Horton, Beale, Carter, and Barrett: Q&A at the Center for Classical Theology
After Michael Horton’s address, “If Reformed, then catholic: Revisiting Sola Scriptura”, he was joined by G.K. Beale and Craig Carter for a time of Q&A led by Matthew Barrett.
Horton’s lecture sought to locate Reformation principles in the patristic tradition, especially that of Sola Scriptura. In light of this, the discussion explored the value of patristic scriptural engagement for the church today and the role that the Rule of Faith played in interpreting Scripture, especially against threats like Gnosticism early on and Arianism later on. Addressing everything from typology to eschatology, the creeds to liturgy, these theologians explain how the church universal interpreted scripture.
The CCT annual lecture is sponsored by Crossway. In the aftermath of modernism’s deconstruction of dogmatics, each lectureship is committed to the renewal of dogmatics with the church catholic (universal)—from the church fathers to the medieval and Protestant scholastics. CCT summons the next generation of theologians to exemplify biblical reasoning, rational contemplation, and reformed catholicity that directs systematic theology to its spiritual end and most blessed hope: beholding the beauty of the Lord.
Driven by a commitment to contemplate God and all things in relation to God by listening with humility to his word with the wisdom of the Great Tradition, CCT strives to create a renewed vision for theology today in the spirit of faith seeking understanding. The CCT meets every November on the evening before the Evangelical Theological Society and invites one of the best theologians today to give a lecture, followed by Q&A with other theologians.