URL: http://www.rtrc.net/documents/theology/soteriology/regeneration_conversion.htm

Summary:
by Samuel Hopkins (1721-1803)

The following excerpt comprises a cogent discussion of regeneration and exemplifies American Puritan teaching on this subject. Hopkins's main thesis is that the Holy Spirit sovereignly regenerates the unbeliever. He attacks the Catholic concept of synergism, whereby man cooperates with God in salvation and sanctification. Hopkins identifies regeneration as the work of God alone through the Holy Spirit...

Category: Systematic Theology

Tags: Regeneration, Conversion, soteriology