The Synopsis surveys academic theology in the Reformed church shortly after its codification at the international Synod of Dort (1618-19), occasioned by the clash with Remonstrants in the Dutch Republic. The summary of Reformed Orthodox theology originated from a series of disputations written by four Leiden professors of theology and publicly defended by their students. Scholars of early modern Christianity present the 52 disputations in the original Latin with facing pages of English translation in three volumes. This second volume contains 19 disputations on such matters as Christ in his state of humiliation, faith and the perseverance of the saints, the religious practice of invocation, and Christ as head of the church and the Antichrist. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The Synopsis Purioris Theologiae (1625) represents Reformed theology as it was conceived in the first decades of the seventeenth century. The disputations of this second volume cover topics such as Predestination, Christology, Faith and Repentance, Justification and Sanctification, and Ecclesiology.
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As an early survey of academic theology in the Reformed Church, the Synopsis is pertinent both to the historian and dogmatician, and its availability in English should lead to the continued historical re-evaluation and theological ressourcement of Reformed theology in that oft-neglected period after the Synod of Dort. Phillip Hussey, Saint Louis University. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 70, No. 1 (January 2019), pp. 195-196.
The Synopsis was one of the seventeenth centurys most important and influential theological texts for the reformed tradition. [ ] The English translation by Riemer Faber is to be commended for striking that delicate balance between making the English readable while retaining the theological technicality of the Latin syntactical structure and vocabulary.
Joshua Schendel, Saint Louis University. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 49, No. 3 (2018), pp. 822-824.
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction |
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Disputation 24 On Divine Predestination |
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Disputation 25 On the Incarnation of the Son of God and the Personal Union of the Two Natures in Christ |
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Disputation 26 On the Office of Christ |
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Disputation 27 On Christ in his State of Humiliation |
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130 | (28) |
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Disputation 28 On Jesus Christ in his State of Exaltation |
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158 | (22) |
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Disputation 29 On the Satisfaction by Jesus Christ |
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180 | (28) |
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Disputation 30 On the Calling of People to Salvation |
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208 | (20) |
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Disputation 31 On Faith and the Perseverance of the Saints |
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228 | (48) |
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Disputation 32 On Repentance |
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276 | (28) |
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Disputation 33 On the Justification of Man in the Sight of God |
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304 | (38) |
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Disputation 34 On Good Works |
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342 | (30) |
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Disputation 35 On Christian Freedom |
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372 | (40) |
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Disputation 36 On the Religious Practice of Invocation |
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412 | (30) |
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Disputation 37 On Almsgiving and Fasting |
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442 | (40) |
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482 | (16) |
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Disputation 39 On Purgatory and Indulgences |
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498 | (60) |
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Disputation 40 On the Church |
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558 | (30) |
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Disputation 41 On Christ as Head of the Church, and on the Antichrist |
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588 | (32) |
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Disputation 42 On the Calling of those who Minister to the Church, and on Their Duties |
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| Glossary of Concepts and Terms |
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| Bibliography |
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| Scripture Index |
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H. (Henk) van den Belt (1971), Ph.D. (2006) Leiden University, is Professor of Reformed Theology: Sources, Development, and Context at the University of Groningen. He is the author of The Authority of Scripture in Reformed Theology: Truth and Trust (Brill, 2008) and of several articles on Reformed Orthodoxy and on neocalvinism; he also edited Restoration through Redemption: John Calvin Revisited (Brill, 2013).
R.A. (Riemer) Faber (1961), Ph.D. (1992) University of Toronto. He is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Waterloo, and Director of the Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies. His research interests include Greek and Latin philology and literary criticism, and neo-Latin, and he has published widely in these fields. Most recently he co-edited Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World (University of Toronto Press, 2013).
A.J. (Andreas) Beck (1965), Ph.D. (2007) Utrecht University, is Professor of Historical Theology and Academic Dean at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, and the director of the Institute of Post-Reformation Studies there. He is the author of Gisbertus Voetius (15891676). Sein Theologieverständnis und seine Gotteslehre (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007), and author or co-editor of numerous articles and volumes on medieval and early modern history, theology and philosophy. Since June 2014, he serves as chair of the research group Classic Reformed Theology.
W.A. (William) den Boer (1977), Ph.D. (2008) Theological University Apeldoorn, 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. He is author of Gods Twofold Love. The Theology of Jacob Arminius (15591609) (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010), and author or editor of several books and articles on church history and historical theology.
Other contributors of this volume are: Simon Burton, Philip J. Fisk, Albert Gootjes, Harm Goris, Dolf te Velde, Kees Jan van Linden, Matthias Mangold, Pieter Rouwendal, Jan van Helden, and Antonie Vos.
