by Chris Alexion, Copyright December 12, 2006, all rights reserved. 289 views
"Outside of and apart from God there is no existence. This truth has been disregarded again and again. Plato's dualism, Neo-Platonism, Gnosticism, and Manichaenism, limited God's revelation, and posited a material substance, represented as existing independently of and in hostile relation to God. In various ways this dualism influenced theology; the same dualistic principle is evident when. . . the seat of religion is confined to the heart or conscience, mind or will. In this way the realm of nature with its forces and energies, man in his social and political life, and also science and art, are given a place outside of the sphere of God's revelation. They become neutral spheres and are viewed as existing apart from God. . . . Religion, altogether confined to the inner chamber and to the innermost recesses of the heart, forfeits every claim to respect."
- Herman Bavinck
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