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Gisbertus Voetius (1589–1676) on God, Freedom, and Contingency: An Early Modern Reformed Voice is the first study in English entirely devoted to the theology of Voetius, a leading figure of Reformed scholasticism. Andreas J. Beck examines Voetius’s life and his concept of theology. Moreover, he provides a fresh and detailed analysis of Voetius’s views on God, freedom, and contingency in the context of related early modern debates. Special attention is given to transconfessional relations and relevant backgrounds in patristic theology, medieval scholasticism, and the European Reformations. This study also advances our knowledge of scholarly practices in theological education at early modern Reformed universities in the Low Countries.
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Author: Andreas J. Beck
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 84
Weight: 1.174kg
ISBN: 9789004504387
ISBN 10: 9004504389
Pages: 616
Publication Date: 06 January 2022
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Language: English
Table of Contents
Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1 Objective 2 History of Scholarship 3 Methodological Considerations 4 Scholastic Method 5 Texts Used 6 The Disputation as a Genre 7 Organization part 1: Voetius in Context 1 Life: An Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Education 1.3 Pastor in Vlijmen, Engelen, and Heusden 1.4 Professor and Pastor in Utrecht 2 Conflict with Cartesianism 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Introductory Phase 2.3 The Utrecht Crisis 2.4 The Leiden Crisis 2.5 Pamphlet War 2.6 Summary 3 Other Controversies 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Cocceian Controversy 3.3 The Controversy with Maresius and the Magistracy 3.4 The Controversy with Labadism 4 Main Theological Works and Place in the Nadere Reformatie 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Main Theological Works 4.3 Other Works 4.4 Representative of the Nadere Reformatie and Pietism 4.5 Summary part 2: Theology 5 Structure and Nature of Theology 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Archetypal and Ectypal Theology 5.3 Natural and Supernatural Theology 5.4 The Character of Theology: scientia practica 5.5 Summary 6 Communion with God as the Horizon for Theology 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Communion with God as the Ultimate Goal of Life 6.3 Voetius and the “Two-Level Theory” 6.4 Scripture and Reason 6.5 Summary part 3: The Doctrine of God 7 Predicates and Attributes 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Structure of the Doctrine of God 7.3 The Existence and Nameability of God 7.4 Equivocation, Analogy, and Univocity 7.5 The Proper Names for God 7.6 The Doctrine of the Trinity 7.7 Distinction and Division of the Attributes 7.8 The Regulative Attributes 7.9 Summary 8 God’s Knowledge 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Necessary and Contingent Knowledge 8.3 Middle Knowledge 8.4 Ideas 8.5 Summary 9 God’s Will 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Distinctions 9.3 God’s Good Will and Evil 9.4 Divine Free Will as the Pivotal Point in the Doctrine of God 9.5 Determination without Determinism 9.6 Summary 10 God’s Right and Justice 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Necessary and Contingent Right 10.3 Justice 10.4 Summary 11 God’s Power 11.1 Introduction 11.2 God’s Power as a Relational Attribute 11.3 Absolute and Ordained Power 11.4 The Object of God’s Power 11.5 Summary 12 Divine Decree and Human Free Choice 12.1 Introduction 12.2 The Essence of Human Freedom 12.3 The Divine Decree and Human Freedom 12.4 Divine Concurrence and Human Freedom 12.5 Summary Synthesis and Relevance 1 Introduction 2 Voetius as a Reformed-Scholastic Theologian of the Nadere Reformatie 3 Theology as a Practical Science 4 The Necessity of God and the Contingency of the World 5 God’s Will as the Pivotal Point between Necessity and Contingency 6 God’s Will and Human Freedom 7 Tradition-Historical Analysis 8 Value and Relevance for Theology and Church Appendix 1: Overview of the Disputations in Voetius’ SD I–V 1 Selectae disputationes theologicae, Vol. 1, Utrecht 1648 2 Selectae disputationes theologicae, Vol. 2, Utrecht, 1655 3 Selectae disputationes theologicae, Vol. 3, Utrecht, 1659 4 Selectae disputationes theologicae, Vol. 4, Amsterdam, 1667 5 Selectae disputationes, Vol. 5, Utrecht, 1669 Appendix 2: Chronological Overview of the Disputations in SD I–V Bibliography 1 Primary Sources 2 Secondary Sources Name Index Scripture Index Subject Index
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"""Beck masterfully explains the myriad of scholastic distinctions employed by Voetius in service of explaining the divine nature and its relation to the contingent world order. [The] monograph is filled with careful discussion of knotty early modern theological topics. Any student of early modern Reformed orthodoxy will find a vast array of material related to the doctrine of God, both among Voetius and his various interlocutors.” – Michael J. Lynch, The Davenant Institute, in: The London Lyceum (January 17, 2023)."
""Beck masterfully explains the myriad of scholastic distinctions employed by Voetius in service of explaining the divine nature and its relation to the contingent world order. [The] monograph is filled with careful discussion of knotty early modern theological topics. Any student of early modern Reformed orthodoxy will find a vast array of material related to the doctrine of God, both among Voetius and his various interlocutors.” – Michael J. Lynch, The Davenant Institute, in: The London Lyceum (January 17, 2023).
Author Information
Andreas J. Beck, 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. He has published extensively on medieval and early modern theology and philosophy, including Melanchthon und die reformierte Tradition (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016; editor) and Synopsis Purioris Theologiae, vols. 2–3 (Brill, 2016–2020; general co-editor).
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