den Boer God’s Twofold Love

The Theology of Jacob Arminius (1559-1609)
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-647-56908-6
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 014, 340 Seiten

Reihe: Reformed Historical Theology

Even though it has always been widely debated, the theology of Jacob Arminius (1559–1609) has not received the scholarly attention one would expect. Given also its remarkable influence, it is surprising how little research has been devoted to it. Only since the 1980s has the world of scholarship seen some movement on this front. The present study by William den Boer offers a new contribution to the understanding of Arminius’s theology by focusing on the theological motive that lay at its very foundation. Arminius has been characterized as a theologian of free will, of creation, or of freedom, and lately also as a theologian of the assurance of faith. The question as to Arminius’s central concern in his theology has been answered in different ways, with each author focusing on aspects of differing degrees of importance. William den Boer defends the thesis that another characterization needs to be added, and designates Arminius as a theologian of the justice of God, or more precisely, as a theologian of the twofold love of God. He goes on to illustrate how these two characterizations are valid at one and the same time, and why they do not exclude but include all other characterizations that have been offered by placing them in their proper perspective.In Part 1 the author posits that the leading motif of Arminius’s theology lay in a careful defense of the justice of God. Part 2 considers the reception of his theology in the discussions between Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants during the Hague Conference – Haagsche or Schriftelicke Conferentie – of 1611. Finally, Arminius’s theology is placed within the context of sixteenth-century debates on the cause of sin and God’s relationship to evil.

Autoren/Hrsg.

den Boer, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Title Page;4
3;Copyright;5
4;Table of Contents
;6
5;Body
;14
6;Abbreviations;10
7;Preface;12
8;1. Introduction;14
8.1.1;1.1.2 Other Works of Arminius;24
8.2;1.2 State of Scholarship;35
8.3;1.3 Method;41
8.4;1.4 Summary and Conclusion;47
9;Part 1: The Theology of Jacobus Arminius 2. God’s Justice in Arminius’s Theology I: Prolegomena;50
9.1.1;2.1.2 Remunerative and Vindictive Justice;53
9.1.2;2.1.3 Justice and Its Relationship to Mercy;55
9.1.3;2.1.4 Justice and Its Relationship to Freedom;56
9.2;2.2 God’s Justice in the Structure of Arminius’s Theology;60
9.2.1;2.2.2 Fundamental Concept for Religion;64
9.2.2;2.2.3 The Core Concept of Arminius’s Theology;71
9.3;2.3 The Knowability of God’s Justice;72
9.3.1;2.3.1 Arminius’s View of Scripture;73
9.3.2;2.3.2 Arminius’s Intellectualism;75
9.3.3;2.3.3 God’s Justice: A Frequent and Important Theme..;76
9.3.4;2.3.4 The Certainty of Theology;77
9.4;2.4 Summary and Conclusion;80
10; 3. God’s Justice in Arminius’s Theology II: God, Creation, Sin and Gospel (Evangelium) ;82
11.1.1;3.1.2 Implications for God’s Acts of Creation and Providence;87
11.2;3.2 God’s Justice and (the Fall Into) Sin;107
11.3;3.3 God’s Justice and the Gospel (Evangelium): Christ, Predestination and Covenant;114
11.3.1;3.3.1 Christ as the Foundation of the New Covenant and of Predestination;115
11.3.2;3.3.2 The Object of Predestination;123
11.3.3;3.3.3 Perseverance and the Means God Gives for It;135
11.3.4;3.3.4 Divine Foreknowledge and Middle Knowledge in Arminius’s Doctrine of Predestination;144
11.3.5;3.3.5 The Four-Decree Structure of Predestination in the Declaration of 1608;149
11.4;3.4 Summary and Conclusion;152
12;4. God’s Justice in Arminius’s Theology III: The Primary Foundation of Religion;155
12.1;4.2 The Relationship Between Arminius’s Two “Foundation” Statements;168
12.2;4.3 Salvation;169
12.3;4.5 Summary and Conclusion;177
13;5. Arminius and Reformed Theology;179
13.1.1;5.1.2 The Operation of Grace: Irresistible or Resistible?;180
13.1.2;5.1.3 Atonement: Particular or Universal?;186
13.1.3;5.1.4 The Human Will: Bound or Free?;188
13.1.4;5.1.5 Sanctification, Perseverance and Assurance: Securitas or Certitudo?;195
13.2;5.2 Arminius on Doctrines Characteristic of Reformed Theology;198
13.2.1;5.2.2 The Essence and Necessity of Grace;201
13.2.2;5.2.3 Faith ;203
14;5.2.4 Justification;204
14.1;5.2.5 Sanctification and Good Works;208
15;Part 2: The Reception and Theologico-historical Context of the Theology of Jacobus Arminius 6. Te Reception of Arminius’s Theology in the Hague Conference (1611);212
15.1.1;6.1.2 State of Scholarship;215
15.2;6.2 Iustitia Dei and Duplex Amor Dei in the Hague Conference.;218
15.2.1;6.2.2 The Place and Function of Christ and the Atonement;232
15.2.2;6.2.3 Assurance of Salvation and God’s Justice;239
15.2.3;6.2.4 Grace and the Operation of Grace;240
15.2.4;6.2.5 Perseverance;258
15.2.5;6.2.6 The Status quaestionis;267
15.3;6.3 Summary and Conclusions;280
16;7. Theological Context of Arminius’s Theology;281
16.1;7.2 Voluntarism, Intellectualism and the Knowability of God’s Justice;282
16.1.1;7.2.1 Calvin’s Voluntarism;283
16.1.2;7.2.2 God’s Essence;288
16.1.3;7.2.3 The Unknowability of God’s Justice;289
16.1.4;7.2.4 Summary and Conclusion;293
16.2;7.3 The Debate On the Cause of Sin: Is God auctor peccati?;295
16.2.1;7.3.1 The Middle Ages;297
16.2.2;7.3.2 The Sixteenth Century;300
16.2.3;7.3.3 Summary and Conclusion;322
17;8. Conclusions;326
18;Bibliography;330
19;Index of Subjects;338
20;Index of Names ;342
21;Back Cover
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Über Autor(innen)

den Boer, William
Dr. theol. William den Boer ist Dozent für niederländische Kirchengeschichte an der Theologischen Universität Apeldoorn, NL.