Description
Book SynopsisA seminal work on the relationship between Calvin and the Calvinists is once again available with a new preface by the author.
Trade Review"Richard Muller does his homework. His is one of few books in recent memory to address seriously the systematic-theological issues inherent in the debate concerning the relationship of predestination and Christology in the thought of Calvin and his successors. This study is a welcome addition to the secondary sources in the field. Students--whether they finally agree or disagree with Professor Muller's views--will want to read thoroughly his carefully researched arguments... One will ... find a wealth of valuable research and trenchant observations in an area of Reformed thought which often is neglected, and even more often treated only with superficial scholarship... This book is worthy of reflection and argument."Michael Jinkins, Scottish Journal of Theology
Table of ContentsI. INTRODUCTION
1. Protestant Orthodoxy: A Survey of Opinion
2. Theological and Methodological Considerations
PART I: REFORMED THEOLOGY IN ITS FIRST CODIFICATION: The Systems of Calvin, Bullinger, Musculus and Vermigli
II. PREDESTINATION AND CHRISTOLOGY IN THE THOUGHT OF CALVIN
1. Fundamental Distinctions in Calvin's Theology
2. Calvin's Doctrine of Predestination
3. Patterns in Calvin's Christology
4. Christ and Election--the Interrelationship of Two Focal Points in Calvin's Theology
III. THE SYSTEMS OF CALVIN'S CONTEMPORARIES
1. Predestination and Christology in the Thought of Heinrich Bullinger
2. Musculus'
Loci Communes
3. Vermigli's
Loci Communes
EPILOGUE: Christ and the Decree in the First Codification of Reformed Theology
PART II: THE FORMULATION OF ORTHODOX SYSTEM: Reformed Theology in Its Second Codification
Division 1. The Movement toward Orthodoxy
IV. PREDESTINATION AND CHRISTOLOGY IN THE THOUGHT OF THEODORE BEZA
1. The
Tabula Praedestinationis (1555)
2. Beza's Contribution to the Systematic Structure of Reformed Theology
V. REFORMED THEOLOGY IN HEIDELBERG: ZACHARIAS URSINUS AND JEROME ZANCHI
1. Ursinus on Christ and the Decree
2. Christology and Predestination in the Theology of Zanchi
EPILOGUE: The Movement toward Orthodoxy
Division 2. Early Orthodoxy
VI. CALVINISM AT THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: POLANUS AND PERKINS
1. Predestination in the Doctrinal Structure of Early Orthodoxy
2. The Development of Christological Structures in Early Reformed Orthodoxy
3. Predestination and Its Christological Referent in the Theology of Polanus and Perkins
EPILOGUE: The Early Orthodox Codification
VII. CHRIST AND THE DECREE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY ORTHODOXY: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Index
