While engaging with Logos AI we users are left to learn on our own, or from the AI. I would like to see the constraints we are being limited to other than our libraries.
I prompted this in a discussion in the new Study Assistant:
Provide a comprehensive Reformed exegetical review is that renders precise scriptural references aligning to this covenantal structure: differentiated communion (Genesis 1–2), fall and promise (Genesis 3), solidarity and genealogy (Genesis 5, Matthew 1, Luke 3), incarnate obedience (Galatians 4:4–5, Romans 5:12–21, 1 Corinthians 15:45–49), blood and sacrament (John 19:34, 1 Corinthians 11:23–26), resurrection life (1 Corinthians 15:20–23, Romans 6:9–11), and perfected covenant union (Ephesians 5:25–32, Revelation 21:1–4, 9–14). Demonstrate how each stage is not merely sequential but organically unified within the eternal decree, showing how the Bride’s eternal designation becomes historically realized without collapsing decree into history. Interact with Bavinck, Vos, Turretin, Murray, Calvin, Owen, and Ridderbos on the theological coherence of this structure.
Logos responded:
"I understand you are looking for a detailed Reformed exegetical synthesis that integrates specific scriptural references with the theological insights of Bavinck, Vos, Turretin, Murray, Calvin, Owen, and Ridderbos, particularly concerning the covenantal structure leading to perfected union and the Bride’s eternal designation.
As I’ve mentioned in our previous interactions, fulfilling this request as presented poses several challenges due to my current capabilities:
1. Access to Primary Content: To provide the precise citations and in-depth interaction you’re seeking, I would need direct access to the full theological arguments within the specific primary works of all the authors you’ve named (e.g., Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics volumes 3-4, Vos’s Biblical Theology, Calvin’s Commentaries, etc.). My previous attempts to search for these yielded mostly introductory or bibliographic information, not the detailed content required for such a synthesis.
2. Search Limitations: Even if I had full access to all those primary texts, performing the necessary deep content searches across multiple authors, multiple works, and five distinct theological questions would exceed my current limit of three searches per interaction.
3. Role as Study Assistant: My primary function is to help you study and understand existing theological content by summarizing search results, clarifying concepts, and tracing doctrinal developments. I am not designed to construct an original, comprehensive theological synthesis or argument that integrates multiple authors and biblical themes into a novel structure, even if drawing from established Reformed thought. That kind of theological construction is the work of a scholar.
Therefore, I am unable to provide the comprehensive synthesis you’ve outlined in a single response.
To help you move forward with your study, I can offer a more focused approach. Could you please select:
- One or two specific authors from your list (e.g., “Bavinck and Murray”).
- One specific question from your list (e.g., “How does bridal imagery relate to federal union with Christ?”).
- One or two specific biblical passages from your covenantal structure (e.g., “Ephesians 5:25–32”).
By narrowing the scope, I can perform a targeted search within your library for the relevant content from those specific authors and passages, and then synthesize the findings to address that particular question. We can then address other aspects of your broader inquiry in subsequent, focused steps.
The response is useful. Understanding the restriction to enable us to as better and properly refined questions would be very useful.
