Reviews for Ascetics, Authority, and the Church in the Age of Jerome and Cassian

The average rating for Ascetics, Authority, and the Church in the Age of Jerome and Cassian based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-08-20 00:00:00 Margaret Kyle Hoekema does an excellent job as an English language writer coming from a Dutch perspective. The debate on justification is becoming dated - only because so much ink has been spilled in the last two decades - but this remains a fine and enlightening book. Not entirely lay friendly, it is nevertheless warm and winsome. Pleasant read.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-27 00:00:00 John Patterson I am not reformed nor am I a Calvinist, but I do give this book 5 stars simply because it is one of the clearest written works on the subject of soteriology from a reformed protestant perspective. Hoekema is very precise, fluid, and clear. You would be hard-pressed to find a better summary on Reformed Soteriology than this book. Though, I disagree with him fundamentally on many things, I cannot give him a bad rating because of that. He clearly states in the beginning that his book is a guide to Reformed Soteriology- and that it is. If you are Reformed or Calvinist you will greatly benefit from this work. If you are of a different tradition, a new Christian, or maybe a non-religious person wanting to just understand this subject, then you will certainly be educated on this unique Christian theological tradition. It's somewhere between High School level and College, so don't let its size intimidate you.