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To: annalex
"For all" was probably inserted to draw a brighter line with respect to Calvinism.

A "brighter line" drawn to include, or to exclude Calvinism?

28 posted on 05/10/2007 6:23:18 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (FR Member Alex Murphy: Declared Anathema By The Council Of Trent)
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To: Alex Murphy

Exclude, of course. Our disagreement with Calvinism is that we believe that Christ redeemed all sin and wished the salvation of all; yet not all respond to the call. Thus both “for all” and “for many” is a true statement, deppending on the intended and unsaid here, context. The rise of calvinist thinking, I suspect, drove the desire to avoid the false conclusion that the Church teches limited atonement, drawn from the Epiclesis.


29 posted on 05/10/2007 7:56:14 AM PDT by annalex
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