Eloquent Silence: The Doctrine of God in the Synopsis of Purer Theology
This article sketches the theological profile of the Synopsis Purioris Theologiae (1625) by focusing on its exposition of the doctrine of God. Earlier disputations by Leiden theologians Franciscus Junius (1545–1602) and Franciscus Gomarus (1563–1641) are discussed as a background for the theology of...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Brill
2012
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Church history and religious culture
Έτος: 2012, Τόμος: 92, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 581-608 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Synopsis
doctrine of God
Reformed scholasticism
Antonius Thysius
Franciscus Junius
Franciscus Gomarus
Jacob Arminius
Conrad Vorstius
Socinianism
necessity
contingency
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| Σύνοψη: | This article sketches the theological profile of the Synopsis Purioris Theologiae (1625) by focusing on its exposition of the doctrine of God. Earlier disputations by Leiden theologians Franciscus Junius (1545–1602) and Franciscus Gomarus (1563–1641) are discussed as a background for the theology of Antonius Thysius (1565–1640), the author of the disputation in the Synopsis on God’s nature and attributes. For a further specification of the doctrinal position presented in the Synopsis, it is contrasted with the more innovative accounts proposed by Jacob Arminius (1559–1609) in his disputation “De natura Dei” (1603) and by Conrad Vorstius (1569–1622) in his Tractatus theologicus de Deo (1606). This analysis yields the conclusion that both Arminius and Vorstius advocated a structural differentiation between God’s inner essence and his outward operations, which leaves room for human freedom and independence. While the Synopsis does not explicitly discuss their views, in its own formulations itmaintains the common Reformed orthodox notion of divine simplicity, and keeps the balance between—on the one hand—the (hypothetical) necessity of God’s foreknowledge and decree, and—on the other hand—the contingency and freedom in the created world. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | In: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09220075 |