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	Theonomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Theonomy is a view of Christian ethics associated with Christian Reconstructionism, most noted for its attempts to show how the ethical standards of the Old Testament are applicable to modern society, including the Standing Laws of the Old Testament, as well as its general ethical principles.
		Theonomy posits that the Biblical Law is applicable to civil law, and theonomists propose Biblical law as the standard by which the laws of nations may be measured, and to which they ought to be conformed.
		However, whereas covenant theology is more of a theology of the church, theonomy is concerned with the moral continuity of God's law including the penal sanctions, as well as looking for contemporary application of the general equity of the civil statutes given to the ancient Jews.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theonomy (745 words)

	A Theonomic View of Civil Law -NRA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Theonomy contends that the law of God ought to form the basis for all civil law, and that the civil magistrate is a servant of God who is responsible to uphold all aspects of the moral law that directly relate to the social order, public morality, and civil justice.
		Theonomy rejects the claim that natural law ought to be the standard, and teaches that the nations are bound to the universal and unchanging principles of justice revealed in Israel's civil law.
		Theonomy issues a prophetic call to individuals, to the family, to the church, and to the state to repent and recognize Christ as Lord and His law as the supreme rule of ethics.
	www.natreformassn.org /statesman/97/civilLaw.html (4074 words)

	PE180
		The position which has come to be labeled "theonomy" today thus holds that the word of the Lord is the sole, supreme, and unchallengeable standard for the actions and attitudes of all men in all areas of life.
		Theonomy thus teaches that we should presume that Old Testament laws continue to be morally binding in the New Testament unless they are rescinded or modified by further revelation.
		Theonomy's methodology stands squarely against that of dispensational theology which maintains that all of the Old Testament commandments should be deemed -- in advance of exegesis -- to be abrogated, unless they are repeated in the New Testament.
	www.cmfnow.com /articles/pe180.htm (2041 words)

	F.A.Q. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The problem with theonomy is not that it takes Gods Law seriously, nor that it is presuppositional or post millenialist - it is just simply that it undermines the work of the gospel and is a waste of time and resources which could be better spent proclaiming that gospel.
		Theonomy undermines the gospel because it distorts it and because it undermines the witness of the Church.
		The attraction of theonomy for some was that it offered an antidote to the kind of pietism and privatistic faith that did not think it worthwhile to be involved in the wider society.
	www.freechurch.org /robbo/robbon.htm (727 words)

	Round 2 Response for Theonomy
		The term "theonomy" was used prior to both Rushdoony and Bahnsen by Jewish and Christian biblical scholars.
		Theonomy means literally, "God's Law," and specifically that God's Law is the abiding standard for all human government: individual, family, church and civil.
		Theonomy refers specifically to the application of the moral laws to civil, church, family and individual self-government.
	www.forerunner.com /theonomy/pro2.htm (3989 words)

	The Puritanboard - » Theological Forum » The Law of God » Theonomy? What is it?
		It is not sufficient to say that theonomy is simply "God's law." The WCF has a distinct teaching about the judicial law of Israel which "expired" with that state except for the "general equity" thereof.
		Theonomy, as I understand it, posits that the judicial law of Israel is still binding today (unless specifically abrogated in the New Testament).
		Theonomy, again, as I understand it, argues that a civil government is not properly constituted which does not uphold the continuing validity and binding nature of the OT judicial laws.
	www.puritanboard.com /forum/viewthread.php?tid=6776 (4635 words)

	Chapter Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Theonomy asserts that the superior law is, at the same time, the innermost law of man himself, rooted in the divine ground which is man's own ground: the law of life transcends man, although it is, at the same time, his own.
		Under the influence of theonomy, the demonic exclusiveness which is part of the object-subject split in the communal realm, is overcome within the churches by the churches being transformed into a holy community with universal inclusiveness, in so far as the churches represent the Spiritual Community.
		Theonomy is absent where, in the name of the holy, a valid demand for justice is rejected, or a valid act of personal self-determination is prevented by a sacred tradition, or a new style of artistic creation is suppressed in the name of assumedly eternal forms of expressiveness.
	www.jspencer.com.au /dissertation/chapter.2.htm (4376 words)

	F.A.Q. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Theonomy, or Reconstructionism as it is also known, is postmillennial in eschatology and believes in the ultimate victory of Christianity in the world before the return of Christ.
		If Theonomy is clear in its rejection of a distinction between civil and moral, and in its insistence on the continuance of Old Testament civil punishments today, the Confession is equally clear, but in an opposite direction.
		It is essential that the General Assembly declare that the teachings commonly known as Theonomy or Reconstructionism contradict the Confession of Faith and are inconsistent with Biblical doctrine.
	www.freechurch.org /oldrec/oldrecbh.htm (4446 words)

	Theonomy? You Ask
		It is rather a contemporary emphasis on the relationship of the Law to the present age, stemming from Covenant Theology and associated with the current expression of Postmillennialism.
		Postmillennial Theonomy is championed in the “Journal of Reconstruction,” the Chalcedon Ministries, Christianity and Civilization, Christian Liberty Academy, and the Geneva Divinity School Press of Tyler, Texas.
		Theonomy believes it is the duty of the Church to bring civil powers into subjection to God’s Law, both its precepts and its penalties.
	withchrist.org /MJS/theonomy.htm (1535 words)

	Opening Statement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The system of government resulting from theonomy is called a theocracy: literally, "God's government." When we speak of a theocracy, it should be clear that we are not talking about a state run by a national church, or an ecclessiocracy, such as the Holy Roman Empire, or the totalitarian military dictatorships in Muslim fundamentalist states.
		This is the area where theonomy runs afoul of critics: the application of the sanctions of the Law.
		The position of theonomy is that wherever the civil magistrate had authority in the Old Covenant to punish wickedness, that authority still stands in the New Testament.
	www.caledonianfire.org /caledonianfire/theonomy/theonomy1.htm (3329 words)

	CGR Community - Theonomy and Postmil. Is theonomy an eschatological conclusion? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ok, I was talking to the reformed guy in the halls last night and well I think I understand why I disagree with theonomy.
		Theonomy is reinstating the justice of God as revealed in the law.
		If you are premil, like myself, you believe the world gets worse and worse until Jesus comes and kicks some butt and sets up his government on earth ruling the nations.
	www.christianguitar.org /forums/printthread.php?t=48784 (868 words)

	Thoughts on Theonomy
		If theonomy sought to put us under that system again, I would certainly oppose it.
		Yes, I have heard opponents of theonomy allege this, but that is not what theonomists say for themselves.
		Theonomy poses for many today the specter of civil oppression.
	www.reformed.org /ethics/GI.html (1321 words)

	THEONOMY: WHAT IT IS; WHAT IT IS NOT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Even if there is difference on this issue, it is my hope that the opponent of theonomy would see that the theonomist is at least attempting to be faithful to the whole counsel of God in seeking to apply the entire word of God to every area of life.
		As the term is popularly employed today, "theonomy" pertains to the question of whether or not the Civil Statutes God gave to Old Testament Israel should be applied by the Civil Magistrate of all times and all places.
		Theonomy does not protect the religious freedom and liberty of conscience of non-Christians under a Christian civil government.
	www.ipc.faithweb.com /documents/THEONOMY.htm (5333 words)

	What is dominion theology / theonomy / Christian reconstructionism?
		Dominion theology refers to a line of theological interpretation and thought with regard to the role of the Church in contemporary society.
		Other terms dominion theology is associated with are Christian reconstructionism and theonomy.
		Theonomy is a post-millennial view believing that all of the moral laws contained in the Old Testament are yet binding today.
	www.gotquestions.org /dominion-theology.html (568 words)

	essay on theonomy - TheologyWeb Campus
		Presuppositonalism is not the province of theonomy having been learned by people as different from Machen, Vantil and Kuyper as AiG and the YEC.
		theonomy, even in its home denominations of OPC or PCA is little more than a fringe movement, although one that attracts the best and brightest (and apparently the loudest), something directly against the article, which sees a theomonist behind every fundamentalist tree.
		Theonomy would be the law of the land in the future that the dominionists want to construct.
	www.theologyweb.com /campus/showthread.php?t=22770 (1481 words)

	Theonomy: What Have We Learned?
		A key element of theonomy is the application of Biblical law by the civil magistrate.
		In adopting the report on theonomy the Reformed Churches of New Zealand agreed that to speak of the continuity of the principles of Old Testament law was entirely scriptural and that this was in harmony with the confessions of the Churches.
		One of the important issues in a discussion of theonomy concerns the relationship between church and state and the responsibility of the civil magistrate with respect to God’s law.
	www.opc.org /OS/html/V4/2b.html (5077 words)

	Dominionism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
		For Rushdoony, the idea of dominion implies a form of Christian theocracy or, more accurately, a theonomy.
		[9] They also contend that theonomy is not the same thing as Erastianism or Papalism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominionism (2838 words)

	What is Theonomy?
		Theonomy means literally, "God's law," or the belief that the moral laws of the Old Testament are still binding today.
		This is by no means comprehensive, but it represents the main premises of theonomy as agreed upon by all major Reconstructionist thinkers.
		The so-called "harshness" of this punishment is often posed to refute the idea of theonomy as the basis for civil law.
	www.forerunner.com /theofaq.html (3350 words)

	CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTIONISM, DOMINION THEOLOGY AND THEONOMY
		Dominionism, Dominion Theology, Christian Reconstructionism, Theocratic Dominionism, and Theonomy are not denominations or faith groups.
		Theonomy (Greek for "God's Law") includes the concept that "God’s revealed standing laws are a reflection of His immutable moral character and, as such, are absolute in the sense of being nonarbitrary, objective, universal, and established in advance of particular circumstances (thus applicable to general types of moral situations)."
		Thus, each of the 613 laws given to Moses and recorded in the Pentateuch (the first 5 books of the Hebrew Scriptures) are binding on people of all nations, cultures, and religions forever, except for those laws which have been specifically rescinded or modified by further revelation.
	www.religioustolerance.org /reconstr.htm (2302 words)

	Reconstructionist Theonomy and a Traditional Commitment to Enforcing the Moral Law
		But I believe that Theonomy is out of accord with the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and his apostles, who taught that the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New.
		A foundational error of Theonomy is the obliteration of the threefold distinction within Old Testament law: moral, ceremonial and civil.
		But I am saying that Reconstructionist Theonomy is out of accord with the Confession’s teaching at this point, because the judicial laws given to Israel are no longer binding on the modern State according to the Confession.
	www.rbvincent.com /BibleStudies/Theonomy.htm (757 words)

	JOLLYBLOGGER: Ligon Duncan on Theonomy
		Theonomy is the ethical view that God's law in the Bible must be applied to all spheres of public and private everyday life where appropriate: not only religious mandates – but also political, social, and cultural rules.
		I'm not a theonomist, but I have friends who are, and I do think that most of theonomy's critics, inside and outside of the church, don't really understand it.
		He has written a paper called Moses Law For Modern Government, which deals with the issue of theonomy and is available on the website of First Pres of Jackson.
	jollyblogger.typepad.com /jollyblogger/2005/10/ligon_duncan_on.html (2275 words)

	Theonomy and the 1788 Revision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		That consensus had gradually emerged over the course of the 18th century leading up to the 1788 revision and was rather uncontroversial until the rise of theonomy in the last three decades of the twentieth century.
		Theonomists appeal to the original intent of the "general equity" clause of WCF XIX:4 in support their claim that the American revision is just as theonomic as the original, often citing Kline himself in support of this interpretation.
		Gentry's boast that Foulner has proved theonomy to be confessional (and by implication a view that must be tolerated) may be applicable for those theonomists who are operating in churches that have adopted the original Confession.
	www.upper-register.com /theonomy/1788_revision_theonomy.html (6500 words)

	: Theonomy
		This is simply unheard of among the yip and yowl of modern reformed folk who seem to have a one track theology.
		Second, "Notes on Theonomy", will be based on Bahnsen's Normative Ethics lectures and will culminate in a few essays on: Biblical theology and Theonomy; The New Perspective on Paul and Theonomy; Responses to more recent criticisms including J.B. Jordan's Theocratic critique.
		"Theonomy in Christian Ethics started as a quiet masters thesis in fulfillment of a Master of Theology degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1973.
	adamnaranjo.typepad.com /theologylog/theonomy (6175 words)

	Q and A
		The problem is that "theonomy" is a rather broad category, encompassing a range of views.
		Thus, the relationship of theonomy to the Westminster Standards depends on what "brand" of theonomy is under discussion.
		Some critics of theonomy argue that it contradicts the Westminster Standards' on how the Law of God given to Moses is to be applied to day (Westminster Confession of Faith ch.
	www.opc.org /qa.html?question_id=95 (591 words)

	Amazon.com: No Other Standard: Theonomy and Its Critics: Books: Greg L. Bahnsen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Theonomy in Christian Ethics received only sporadic opposition in print but continual and growing opposition within the faculty at Westminster Seminary.
		In fact, Bahnsen's book can be said to have split the faculty into three camps: (1) the "natural law in spite of Van Til's philosophy" camp, (2) the "not natural law, but we're not sure what to substitute" camp; and (3) the "Proverbs 12:23" camp.
		In the end after the smoke clears theonomy is found still standing very tall awaiting the next challenger.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0930464567?v=glance (1224 words)

	Amazon.com: Theonomy: A Reformed Critique: Books: William S. Barker,W. Robert Godfrey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Theonomy in Christian Ethics by Greg L. Bahnsen
		One can find quotations here & there about theonomy in VanTil's books, but remember these were all written long before there was this identifiable cluster of doctrines called "theonomy." He was using the term in a generic sense.
		While a small number of the writings could be called scholarly, for the most part they show a complete lack of understanding and familiarity with the subject matter.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0310521718?v=glance (873 words)

	Theonomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In light of the changes made in the proof texts, the "original intent" of the American Presbyterians who revised the Confession is now revealed with fresh clarity.
		This provides us with a unique opportunity to re-assess the American Revisions of 1788 in light of their implications for theonomy.
		In this essay, Greg Bahnsen's interpretation of the American Revisions is shown to be inadequate, and Meredith G. Kline's counter-thesis that the American Revisers implicitly revised the meaning of "general equity" at WCF XIX:4 is taken up and defended.
	www.upper-register.com /theonomy.html (195 words)

	What is Theonomy? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In essence, much of the old world had a theonomy through the usage of a government supported established church.
		Theonomy may be rooted in a Greek word for God and law, but so in fact is the word "enthusiasm" rooted in a Greek word for God.
		We have met theonomy and it is nuts.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1413478/posts (6617 words)

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