How many micro-Calvinist groups use mainly the Letter to the Romans?

Here's a fun little snippet from Catholic Answers, where the "answer" makes too much sense but still has to be wrong.

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TertiumQuid  Regular Member Join Date: May 19, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 611 Religion: Reformed

Re: The books that Martin Luther took out of the bible. Quote: Originally Posted by po18guy  How many micro-Calvinist groups use mainly the Letter to the Romans? I saw a flyer on a car windshield that even proclaimed the "Romans Road" to salvation! This is a bit off-topic, but as a Calvinist, here's how I would answer. In the old days, when I bought my first computer and printer, I actually had to get the instruction manual out to learn how to hook up the printer. This was in 1990. Now, the instruction manual mentioned the printer all over the place, but when I needed specific instructions on hooking up the printer, I had to go to the specific section in the manual that addressed hooking up the printer. This analogy explains why Calvinists are very interested in Romans. While the Bible speaks about salvation and justification throughout, the specific place where it addresses justification in great detail is the book of Romans. In other words, if I want to learn about any particular Biblical topic, it's best to go to the specific place that topic is addressed in detail, and then move out to the other areas where it may be mentioned in passing, or not to the same extent it does in the detailed section. I make no excuses that I see Romans as that part of the Bible that presents the most extensive discussion on justification. This doesn't mean the other parts of the Bible are not important. It simply means that one should go to to those sections of the Bible that are most relevant to a particular topic. Regards, James

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mackbrislawn  Regular Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Posts: 838 Religion: Catholic

Re: The books that Martin Luther took out of the bible. Quote: Originally Posted by TertiumQuid  This analogy explains why Calvinists are very interested in Romans. While the Bible speaks about salvation and justification throughout, the specific place where it addresses justification in great detail is the book of Romans. In other words, if I want to learn about any particular Biblical topic, it's best to go to the specific place that topic is addressed in detail, and then move out to the other areas where it may be mentioned in passing, or not to the same extent it does in the detailed section. I make no excuses that I see Romans as that part of the Bible that presents the most extensive discussion on justification. This doesn't mean the other parts of the Bible are not important. It simply means that one should go to to those sections of the Bible that are most relevant to a particular topic. What you say sounds logical, but it isn't really. Because thorough grounding in prior basics is still needed to prevent misunderstanding.