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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.
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
