Berkouwer speaks of the phrase articuli mixti which has sometimes been applied to such doctrines as creation and providence. He quotes Herman Bavinck as saying that the belief in the providence of God is an article of the Christian Faith.29 Concluding his discussion of Bavinck’s views he says: “From all this it is clear that Bavinck wants nothing to do with an independent natural theology.” Bavinck still retains the expression articuli mixti but has in effect rejected the idea for which it usually