Duplex Regnum Christi

Jonathon D. Beeke, Ph.D. (2019), University of Groningen, is Adjunct Professor of Historical Theology and Director of Admissions / Registrar at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 Introduction, Historical Method, and Statement of the Argument1.1 Introduction1.2 Overview of Secondary Scholarship1.3 Relevance of This Study1.4 Research Questions1.5 Method of Investigation and Outline of Study1.6 Statement of the Argumentpart 1: Early Magisterial Reformers and the Duplex Regnum Christi2 Laying the Patristic and Medieval Foundation2.1 Introduction2.2 John Chrysostom: “The Scripture Acknowledges Two Kingdoms of God”2.3 Augustine of Hippo: An Eschatological Tension between Two Cities2.4 Pope Boniface VIII and the Medieval Two-Swords Construct: Spiritual and Temporal Authority2.5 Thomas Aquinas: “That the Office of Governing the Kingdom Should Be Learned from the Divine Government”2.6 William of Ockham2.7 Conclusion3 Martin Luther and the Two-Kingdoms Doctrine3.1 Introduction3.2 Luther and the Two Kingdoms: A Conceptual Framework3.3 Luther and the Two Kingdoms: Temporal Authority (1523)3.4 Luther on the Two Kingdoms and the Created Order3.5 Conclusion4 Martin Bucer and John Calvin on Christ’s Kingdom4.1 Introduction4.2 Martin Bucer: De Regno Christi4.3 The Twofold Kingdom of Christ in Calvin’s Thought: The Institutes4.4 Calvin on the State of Sinless Adam4.5 Calvin’s Twofold Kingdom: Consistent or Confused Application?4.6 Conclusionpart 2: Development of the Duplex Regnum Christi in Reformed Orthodoxy5 Introducing Terms and Concepts5.1 Introduction5.2 Terminological Considerations and Key Concepts5.3 Placement of the Duplex Regnum Christi in Theological Systems5.4 An “In-House” Debate5.5 Conclusion6 The Duplex Regnum Christi in Reformed Orthodoxy: Leiden as Representative Center6.1 Introduction6.2 Contextual Considerations6.3 Franciscus Junius on the Twofold Kingdom of Christ6.4 Scholastic Disputations at Leiden University and the Duplex Regnum Christi6.5 Conclusion7 The Duplex Regnum Christi in Reformed Orthodoxy: Geneva as Representative Center7.1 Introduction7.2 Contextual Considerations7.3 Francis Turretin on the Twofold Kingdom of Christ7.4 Bénédict Pictet and the Twofold Kingdom of Christ7.5 Conclusion8 The Duplex Regnum Christi in Reformed Orthodoxy: Edinburgh as Representative Center8.1 Introduction8.2 Contextual Considerations8.3 Edinburgh University8.4 Johannes Scharpius and the Twofold Kingdom of Christ8.5 David Dickson and the Twofold Kingdom of Christ8.6 Conclusion9 Conclusion9.1 Restatement of Argument9.2 Summary of Findings9.3 Reassessment of Secondary Literature9.4 ConclusionBibliographyPrimary SourcesSecondary SourcesIndex