Synopsis Purioris Theologiae / Synopsis of a Purer Theology

R.T. (DOLF) TE VELDE (1974), Ph.D. (2010). Postdoctoral researcher at the Theological University Kampen. Author of The Doctrine of God in Reformed Orthodoxy, Karl Barth, and the Utrecht School (Brill, 2013).RIEMER A. FABER (1961), Ph.D. (1992). Associate Professor of Greek and Latin Philology, Department of Classical Studies, University of Waterloo, and Director of the Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies.WILLEM J. VAN ASSELT (1946-2014), Ph.D. (1988), was retired honorary senior lecturer in Church History at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Since 2008 he was Professor of Historical Theology at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit in Leuven (Belgium).W.A. (WILLIAM) DEN BOER (1977), Ph.D. (2008). Postdoctoral researcher in Early Modern Reformed Theology at the Theological University Kampen, and Research Associate at the Jonathan Edwards Centre, University of the Free State, South Africa. Author of God’s Twofold Love. The Theology of Jacob Arminius (1559-1609) (Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht, 2010).

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPraefatio Ad Illustrissimos, Potentissimosque Hollandiae Westfrisiaeque Ordines.DISPUTATIO I. De Sacrosancta Theologia. DISPUTATIO II. De Sacrae Scripturae Necessitate et Auctoritate.DISPUTATIO III. De Libris Canonicis et Apocryphis.DISPUTATIO IV. De Sacrae Scripturae perfectione, et inutili traditionum non scriptarum ad eam adjectione.DISPUTATIO V. De Sacrae Scripturae Perspicuitate et Interpretatione.DISPUTATIO VI. De natura Dei et divinis attributis.DISPUTATIO VII. De Sacrosancta Trinitate.DISPUTATIO VIII. De Persona Patris et Filii.DISPUTATIO IX. De Persona Spiritus Sancti.DISPUTATIO X. De Mundi Creatione.DISPUTATIO XI. De Providentia Dei.DISPUTATIO XII. De Angelis Bonis ac Malis.DISPUTATIO XIII. De Homine ad imaginem Dei creato.DISPUTATIO XIV. De Lapsu Adami.DISPUTATIO XV. De Peccato Originali.DISPUTATIO XVI. De Peccato Actuali.DISPUTATIO XVII. De Libero Arbitrio.DISPUTATIO XVIII. De Lege Dei.DISPUTATIO XIX. De Idololatria.DISPUTATIO XX. De Juramento.DISPUTATIO XXI. De Sabbatho et die Dominico.DISPUTATIO XXII. De Evangelio.DISPUTATIO XXIII. De Veteri et Novo Testamento.Preface addressed to the most honorable and all-powerful States of Holland and West-FrieslandGlossary of Concepts and TermsBibliographyScripture IndexGeneral Index

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