Calvin and Covenant Theology
Within the last twenty years the New England theology of the seventeenth century has been examined far more closely than it had ever been before, and the findings have been that this theology is very different from the simple “Calvinism” which earlier students of the period had labelled it. Professo...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[1956]
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Church history
Year: 1956, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 136-144 |
IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance |
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Summary: | Within the last twenty years the New England theology of the seventeenth century has been examined far more closely than it had ever been before, and the findings have been that this theology is very different from the simple “Calvinism” which earlier students of the period had labelled it. Professor Perry Miller, the principal worker in the field, concluded that the New England theology was really “Covenant Theology” and has declared that this is a very different thing from “Calvinism.” Others have readily accepted his findings. |
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ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3161198 |