Reformed Ethics – The Duties of the Christian Life

Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) succeeded Abraham Kuyper as professor of systematic theology at the Free University of Amsterdam in 1902.John Bolt (PhD, University of St. Michael's College) is professor emeritus of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He edited Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics.

• ContentsContinued from Volume 1Book III Humanity after Conversion13. Duties, Precepts and Counsels, Adiaphora§27 The Doctrine (Theory) of Duty§28 Precepts and Counsels§29 Duties and the Permissible; Adiaphora14. Collision and Classification of Duties§30 Collision of Duties§31 Classification of DutiesPart A. Our Duties toward God15. No Other Gods; No Images§32 The First Commandment§33 The Second Commandment16. The Honor of God's Name§34 The Third Commandment17. The Sabbath§35 The Fourth CommandmentPart B. Our Duties toward Ourselves18. General Bodily Duties to Self§36 General Duties (Self-Preservation)§37 Duties toward Bodily Life19. Basic Necessities of Bodily Life§38 Food and Nourishment§39 Clothing20. Bodily Duties to Our Souls§40 Our Duty to Life Itself§41 Attending to Bodily Life in the Seventh through Ninth Commandments§42 Duties toward the SoulPart C. Duties toward Our Neighbor21. Loving Our Neighbor§43 Neighbor Love in General§44 Degrees of Neighbor Love (Fifth Commandment)§45 Concern for Our Neighbor's Life (Sixth Commandment)§46 Duties toward Our Neighbor's Chastity (Seventh Commandment)§47 Duties toward Our Neighbor's Property (Eighth Commandment)§48 Duties toward Our Neighbor's Reputation (Ninth Commandment)§49 Covetousness (Tenth Commandment)Indexes