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      The Bible Nothing More, Nothing Less, Nothing Else.  The Nothing Else points to the two major false constructs of Christian theology, Arminianism and Calvinism.   

        Calvinism is recognized as a philosophical hermeneutic, not a normal literal one; this is a FACT. "Calvinist theological frameworks (often referred to as Augustinian-Calvinism) heavily rely on the philosophical and theological synthesis established by St. Augustine of Hippo in the 5th century. Augustine formulated the foundational concepts of sovereign grace, unconditional election, and a deterministic view of divine providence," Wikipedia.    

True Grace Theology, once called Free Grace, can't be used now because it was hijacked by Calvinists first, and then every flavor of Christianity decided to use it in some form or other to identify themselves.  This is normal in that, in our lifetime, words that have a starting meaning morph into a convoluted mess over time as erroneous views of theology hijack the terms. They do this because they refuse to follow the golden rule of normal, literal, historical, grammatical, in-context method fully for all of God's word. We all claim this, but we do not all follow and obey the RULE of it, except for one group, which is the group we identify with.  "True Grace Theology."  The golden rule is:  The Normal, Literal, Historical, Grammatical, in Context from Genesis to Revelation. The tool is the “sine qua non”  of correct Biblical understanding.  It is the correct tool for all languages if they are to be understood correctly.                                                                                                

   A half-inch wrench only fits a half-inch nut and bolt to get the correct results. Likewise, the correct tool to understand God’s word is the only avenue to arrive at the intended results, which is what the author intended the audience to know.  That tool once again, is the Normal, Literal, Historical, Grammatical, in Context, from Genesis to Revelation, consistently in all its parts.

Here is what John Calvin states in his own words: ". John John Calvin famously wrote in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (3.22.8) that “Augustine is so wholly ours that if I should wish to write a confession of my faith, I could do so with full satisfaction to myself out of his writings.”    

The Bible did not introduce this false view of Scripture.  It came after Augustine.