Missing Public Disputations of Jacobus Arminius

Keith D. Stanglin, Ph.D. (2006) in Historical Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary, is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Harding University. He has published Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation (Brill, 2007), and co-edited Arminius, Arminianism, and Europe (Brill, 2009).

• INTRODUCTIONPART I PROLEGOMENA TO THE DISPUTATIONS OF ARMINIUSCHAPTER ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MODERN THEOLOGICAL DISPUTATIONS: THE CASE OF JACOBUS ARMINIUSI. General BackgroundII. TypesA. Public Disputations for a DegreeB. Public Practice DisputationsC. Private DisputationsIII. ContentIV. Publication HistoryV. NeglectVI. ImportanceCHAPTER TWO: AUTHORSHIP OF THE DISPUTATIONSI. A Typology of PositionsII. EvidenceA. Evidence in Favor of Professorial AuthorshipA.1. First-hand Claims of AuthorshipA.2. Professorial Defense of ThesesA.3. Comparison with Other WritingsA.4. Judgment of ContemporariesB. Potential Challenges to Professorial AuthorshipB.1. Primary ArgumentsB.2. Recent ArgumentsIII. ConclusionsCHAPTER THREE: SUMMARIES OF 36 DISPUTATIONSI. OrderII. SummariesA. Holy ScriptureB. God and AngelsC. Creation and Fall of HumanityD. Restoration of Humanity and Law and GospelE. ChristologyF. Faith and JustificationG. Good WorksH. GlorificationI. EcclesiologyJ. SacramentsK. ControversialPART IIDISPUTATIONES PUBLICAE XXVI-LXIEditorial RemarksDISPUTATIO XXVI: DE SACRA SCRIPTURADISPUTATIO XXVII: DE VERBO DEI SCRIPTODISPUTATIO XXVIII: DE ESSENTIA DEI ET ATTRIBUTIS PRIMI GENERISDISPUTATIO XXIX: DE ANGELISDISPUTATIO XXX: DE CREATIONE HOMINIS AD IMAGINEM DEIDISPUTATIO XXXI: DE LAPSU PRIMI HOMINISDISPUTATIO XXXII: DE PECCATO ORIGINALIDISPUTATIO XXXIII: DE IMAGINIS DEI IN NOBIS RESTITUTIONEDISPUTATIO XXXIV: DE LEGIS ET EVANGELII COMPARATIONEDISPUTATIO XXXV: DE HUMANA CHRISTI NATURADISPUTATIO XXXVI: DE PERPESSIONIBUS CHRISTIDISPUTATIO XXXVII: DE EXALTATIONE CHRISTIDISPUTATIO XXXVIII: DE FIDEDISPUTATIO XXXIX: DE FIDEDISPUTATIO XL: DE IUSTIFICATIONEDISPUTATIO XLI: DE INDULGENTIIS ET PURGATORIODISPUTATIO XLII: DE BONIS OPERIBUSDISPUTATIO XLIII: DE BONIS OPERIBUSDISPUTATIO XLIV: DE OPERIBUS SECUNDAE TABULAEDISPUTATIO XLV: DE INVOCATIONE SANCTORUMDISPUTATIO XLVI: DE RESURRECTIONE CARNIS ET VITA AETERNADISPUTATIO XLVII: DE ECCLESIADISPUTATIO XLVIII: DE ECCLESIA CATHOLICA EIUSQUE PARTIBUSDISPUTATIO XLIX: DE VISIBILIS ECCLESIAE NOTISDISPUTATIO L: DE NOTIS ECCLESIAEDISPUTATIO LI: DE MINISTERIIS ECCLESIASTICISDISPUTATIO LII: DE POTESTATE ECCLESIAEDISPUTATIO LIII: DE DISCIPLINA ECCLESIASTICADISPUTATIO LIV: DE SACRIS CONCILIISDISPUTATIO LV: DE SACRAMENTISDISPUTATIO LVI: DE SACRAMENTISDISPUTATIO LVII: DE BAPTISMODISPUTATIO LVIII: DE BAPTISMO ET POEDOBAPTISMODISPUTATIO LIX: DE COENA DOMINIDISPUTATIO LX: DE FALSIS QUINQUE SACRAMENTISDISPUTATIO LXI: CONTRA ANABAPTISTASAPPENDIX 1: TOPICS OF LEIDEN THEOLOGY: FIVE CYCLES OF DISPUTATIONS, 1597–1609WORKS CITEDINDICES

“This edition makes a very welcome contribution to our understanding of Arminius. It enables his thinking on controversial subjects to be placed in the context of his wider theology, and it reminds us once again that Arminius must be considered an integral part of the developing Reformed tradition.”Stephen Hampton, University of Cambridge. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 92, No. 1 (2012), pp. 152-153.“It is particularly valuable that this edition includes thirty-six of the disputations that have never before been published, and have not been considered in research on Arminius, his theology and his influence.”Herman Selderhuis, Theological University Apeldoorn. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 63, No. 3 (July 2012), p 622.