Calvinism And The Amyraut Heresy

Author : Brian G. Armstrong
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 355 pages
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Release : 2004-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592446407

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Calvinism and the Amyraut Heresy by Brian G. Armstrong Pdf

To any reader who has studied Calvin, then turned to the so-called Calvinist tradition, the absence of Calvin's name and, more importantly, of some of his characteristic emphases from the writings of the majority of the theologians who took his name is a striking fact. That some profound transformation of Calvin's ideas, despite the ubiquity of the 'Institutio', took place in the generation after his death is incontrovertible. What has long passed, for example, as the Calvinist doctrine of predestination, whether among its proponents or opponents, is not what one reads in Calvin himself. This work does much to trace the complex process whereby a scholastic, metaphysical edifice replaced the dynamic, experiential, historically, and exegetically grounded faith enunciated by Calvin himself. Armstrong writes in his Introduction, It is hoped, then, that this study will both provide an introduction to the intellectual trends within French Calvinism, to the teaching of Amyraut and the relation of his thought to that of Calvin, and furnish an insight into the removal of orthodox Calvinist thought from Calvin into a narrower, more defensive, more intolerant, and more impervious system. Armstrong's study is a full, careful, and engrossing one. It is to be commended not only to readers of theological interest, but to all persons interested in intellectual history, and especially to Christians of the Reformed tradition who are seeking to understand their intellectual and spiritual roots. from a review by F. L. Battles, Theology Today

Author : Brian G. Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0835747417

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Calvinism and the Amyraut Heresy by Brian G. Armstrong Pdf

Author : E. Ray Clendenen,Brad J. Waggoner
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780805448351

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Calvinism by E. Ray Clendenen,Brad J. Waggoner Pdf

Calvinism: A Southern Baptist Dialogue holds a theological conversation among followers of Christ about issues on which they often disagree. And while such controversial points of doctrine cannot be ignored, neither should they put up impenetrable walls between groups committed to the same essential Christian beliefs. New presentations from Daniel Akin, Tom Ascol, David Dockery, Charles Lawless, Ed Stetzer, and others address misperceptions, stereotypes, and caricatures of the debate over Reformed theology, each one seeking a deeper understanding of the gospel, improved health of our churches, and the kingdom of Christ above all. Book jacket.

Author : Andrew Woolsey
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 1098 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781601782175

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Unity and Continuity in Covenantal Thought by Andrew Woolsey Pdf

Unity and Continuity in Covenantal Thought examines the historiographical problems related to the interpretation of the Westminster Standards, delving into the issue of covenantal thought in the Westminster Standards, followed by an exhaustive analysis of nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholarship on covenant.

Author : Mack P. Holt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317185536

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Adaptations of Calvinism in Reformation Europe by Mack P. Holt Pdf

Traditional historiography has always viewed Calvin's Geneva as the benchmark against which all other Reformed communities must inevitably be measured, judging those communities who did not follow Geneva's institutional and doctrinal example as somehow inferior and incomplete versions of the original. Adaptations of Calvinism in Reformation Europe builds upon recent scholarship that challenges this concept of the 'fragmentation' of Calvinism, and instead offers a more positive view of Reformed communities beyond Geneva. The essays in this volume highlight the different paths that Calvinism followed as it took root in Western Europe and which allowed it to develop within fifty years into the dominant Protestant confession. Each chapter reinforces the notion that whilst many reformers did try to duplicate the kind of community that Calvin had established, most had to compromise by adapting to the particular political and cultural landscapes in which they lived. The result was a situation in which Reformed churches across Europe differed markedly from Calvin's Geneva in explicit ways. Summarizing recent research in the field through selected French, German, English and Scottish case studies, this collection adds to the emerging picture of a flexible Calvinism that could adapt to meet specific local conditions and needs in order to allow the Reformed tradition to thrive and prosper. The volume is dedicated to Brian G. Armstrong, whose own scholarship demonstrated how far Calvinism in seventeenth-century France had become divided by significant disagreements over how Calvin's original ideas and doctrines were to be understood.

Author : Paul A Hartog
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227178799

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Calvin on the Death of Christ by Paul A Hartog Pdf

John Calvin’s understanding of the extent of the atonement achieved in Christ’s death is one of the most contested questions in historical theology. In common thought, Calvin’s name is closely associated with the ‘limited atonement’ stance canonized within the ‘TULIP’ acronym, but Calvin’s personal endorsement of a strictly particularist view, whereby Christ died for the elect alone, is debateable. In Calvin on the Death of Christ, Paul Hartog re-examines Calvin’s writing on the subject, traces the various resulting historical trajectories, and engages with the full spectrum of more recent scholarship. In so doing, he makes clear that, while Calvin undoubtedly believed in unconditional election, he also repeatedly spoke of Christ dying for ‘all’ or for ‘the world’. These phrases must be held central if we are to discover Calvin’s own view of the subject. Hartog’s conclusions will surprise some, and may hold significant implications for the Calvinist tradition today. Throughout, however, they are cogently articulated and sensitively pitched.

Author : Gary L. Shultz Jr.
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630871222

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A Multi-Intentioned View of the Extent of the Atonement by Gary L. Shultz Jr. Pdf

Christians strongly disagree about the extent of the atonement. Some believe that the atonement only extends to the elect, those whom God chose to save before the foundation of the world. Others believe the atonement is unlimited, that Jesus died for all people whether they ever believe in him or not. Despite the differences in these two traditional understandings they share one thing in common: both believe that Jesus died for a single, intended purpose. But what if God's intentions in the atonement are multiple, not single? The Bible teaches exactly this, that Jesus died both to pay for the sins of all people and to secure the salvation of those God chose to believe in him before time began. This book explains and defends a multi-intentioned view of the extent of the atonement, asserting that this view does the best job of understanding all of what the Bible says about the extent of the atonement, is more theologically comprehensive than the traditional views, and has the best potential for consensus on who exactly Jesus Christ died for when he was crucified for our sins.

Author : Katherine Ibbett
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780812249705

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Compassion's Edge by Katherine Ibbett Pdf

Compassion's Edge traces the relation between compassion and toleration after France's Wars of Religion. This is not, however, a story about compassion overcoming difference but one of compassion reinforcing division. It provides a robust corrective to today's hope that fellow-feeling draws us inexorably and usefully together.

Author : Herman Selderhuis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004248915

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A Companion to Reformed Orthodoxy by Herman Selderhuis Pdf

This book reflects and comprises the latest in research on the history and theology of Reformed Orthodoxy (± 1550-1750) and is at the same time a work in progress, which makes this volume in the Companion series unique. The reason for this is not only the quality of the authors and the chapters they have produced, but also the fact that the study of Reformed Orthodoxy has in recent years taken an entirely new approach and has received renewed and spirited attention, whose results have so far not been brought together in one book. The renewed interest and reappraisal of this period in intellectual history is reflected in this work in which an international team of renowned scholars give an oversight of this fascinating period in intellectual history. Contributors include Willem van Asselt, Aza Goudriaan, Irena Backus, Mark Beach, Christian Moser, Anton Vos, Tobias Sarx, Andreas Mühling, Carl Trueman, Graeme Murdock, Joel Beeke, Sebastian Rehnman, Scott Clark, John Fesko, Luca Baschera, Maarten Wisse, Hugo Meijer, Pieter Rouwendal, and John Witte.

Author : Benjamin Myers
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110919370

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Milton's Theology of Freedom by Benjamin Myers Pdf

At the centre of John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) is a radical commitment to divine and human freedom. This study situates Paradise Lost within the context of post-Reformation theological controversy, and pursues the theological portrayal of freedom as it unfolds throughout the poem. The study identifies and explores the ways in which Milton is both continuous and discontinuous with the major post-Reformation traditions in his depiction of predestination, creation, free will, sin, and conversion. Milton’s deep commitment to freedom is shown to underlie his appropriation and creative transformation of a wide range of existing theological concepts.

Author : Alan C. Clifford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Calvinism
ISBN : 0952671670

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Amyraut Affirmed, Or, 'Owenism, a Caricature of Calvinism' by Alan C. Clifford Pdf

Author : Dariusz M. Brycko
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647550466

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The Irenic Calvinism of Daniel Kalaj (d. 1681) by Dariusz M. Brycko Pdf

Daniel Kalaj (d.1681) was a Polish Reformer of Hungarian background, born in Little Poland (Malopolska) and trained in Franeker, Friesland, under some of the most brilliant Reformed theologians of seventeenth-century Europe, such as Cocceius and Cloppenburgh. Kalaj's ministry in the Reformed Church of Little Poland was abruptly interrupted when Catholic authorities wrongly accused him of spreading then-outlawed Arianism, calling him a »Calvinoarian.« Kalaj became the first Polish Protestant minister to receive a sentence of capital punishment as a result of the new anti-toleration law issued in 1658 against Arians, under the false pretext of military treason during the Second Northern War (1655–1660). He escaped the axe by fleeing to Lithuania (and later to Gdańsk), where he wrote his best-known work »A Friendly Dialogue between an Evangelical Minister and a Roman Catholic Priest«. The »Friendly Dialogue« is both: Kalaj's own personal defense and a compendium to Polish Reformed doctrine, and has a strongly irenic disposition. In contrast with many Reformed thinkers of his day, Kalaj is capable of communicating Reformed doctrine in a friendly and peaceful manner. He places special emphasis on the unity of the catholic church, as expressed in his statement that »the three churches Roman, and Lutheran, and Reformed are all part of one true church before God,« while at the same time attempting to retain his Reformed orthodoxy.

Author : Walter A. Elwell
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 1312 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441200303

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Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Baker Reference Library) by Walter A. Elwell Pdf

Fifteen years after its original publication comes a thoroughly revised edition of the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. Every article from the original edition has been revisited. With some articles being removed, others revised, and many new articles added, the result is a completely new dictionary covering systematic, historical, and philosophical theology as well as theological ethics.

Author : Richard Alfred Muller
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195157017

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After Calvin by Richard Alfred Muller Pdf

In this sequel to Muller's 'The Unaccommodated Calvin' (OUP 2000), the author carries his approach forward, with the goal of overcoming a series of 19th- and 20th-century theological frameworks characteristic of much of the scholarship on Reformed orthodoxy, or 'Calvinism after Calvin'.

Author : Mack P. Holt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317185529

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Adaptations of Calvinism in Reformation Europe by Mack P. Holt Pdf

Traditional historiography has always viewed Calvin's Geneva as the benchmark against which all other Reformed communities must inevitably be measured, judging those communities who did not follow Geneva's institutional and doctrinal example as somehow inferior and incomplete versions of the original. Adaptations of Calvinism in Reformation Europe builds upon recent scholarship that challenges this concept of the 'fragmentation' of Calvinism, and instead offers a more positive view of Reformed communities beyond Geneva. The essays in this volume highlight the different paths that Calvinism followed as it took root in Western Europe and which allowed it to develop within fifty years into the dominant Protestant confession. Each chapter reinforces the notion that whilst many reformers did try to duplicate the kind of community that Calvin had established, most had to compromise by adapting to the particular political and cultural landscapes in which they lived. The result was a situation in which Reformed churches across Europe differed markedly from Calvin's Geneva in explicit ways. Summarizing recent research in the field through selected French, German, English and Scottish case studies, this collection adds to the emerging picture of a flexible Calvinism that could adapt to meet specific local conditions and needs in order to allow the Reformed tradition to thrive and prosper. The volume is dedicated to Brian G. Armstrong, whose own scholarship demonstrated how far Calvinism in seventeenth-century France had become divided by significant disagreements over how Calvin's original ideas and doctrines were to be understood.