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evidential arguments. As Plantinga said: “It seems clear that an externalist .”
This does not resolve all possible questions. As Plantinga rightly remarked: “There is a complex, subtle and mysterious interplay between God’s role, in producing faith in me, and my role in accepting it.”
historical facts of God’s revelation in Jesus Christ, and also in the history of redemption are “true and rational words” (Acts 26:25).
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The Extended A/C Model
Defining this role in this way is in my view also fully compatible with Plantinga’s dependent
Plantinga, ‘ ’ 380; see also ‘Contemporary Religious Epistemology: Some Key Aspects,’
Plantinga, ‘Internalism, Externalism, Defeaters and Arguments for Christian Belief,’
I indicated in Chapter 10, the latter term can be seen to be applicable to Plantinga’s model. Christelijke Dogmatiek
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