Basic Elements of Christian Theology

by Fernando Canale

Ever since the Reformation, Protestant Christians have believed inthe sola sciptura principle, where the Bible is held as the utmostand ultimate authority. Yet when Christian doctrine is held up tothe magnifying lens, there are clear traces of its true intellectualroots, traces that go back to Augustine, Aquinas and even to Platoand Aristotle. Through a long historical process, human philosophyand tradition have gradually replaced and distorted Christian teachingsto the point that what most Christians today know and experienceas Christianity is vastly different from what Christ believedand taught over two thousand years ago.In Basic Elements of Christian Scripture Replacing Tradition,Fernando Canale examines the causes behind this distortion.He explores all basic elements of the reality of God, hisTrinitarian nature, foreknowledge, predestination and creation; firstpresenting and then contrasting the approaches between Christiantradition and the Bible.The reader will detect how Christian tradition has failed, time andagain, to integrate all biblical teachings into a coherent theologicalsystem. Canale concludes by proposing a new, biblically basedtheological matrix, one that logically integrates all basic elements,and that promises to shape all future interpretation of Scripture andconstruction of Christian doctrine.

262 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 4, 2013