Perfect Will Theology: Divine Agency in Reformed Scholasticism As against Sua´rez, Episcopius, Descartes, and Spinoza
This book revisits the four major early-modern debates concerning the will of God. It appears that Reformed scholasticism advocated a particular and consistent relationship between divine knowledge, will, and power, which was altered by Jesuits, Remonstrants, Descartes, and Spinoza.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Brill's Series in Church History and Religious Culture Ser.
v.42 |
| Further subjects: | B
Reformed Church
Doctrines
History
B God (Christianity) Will B Providence and government of God Christianity B Scholasticism B Electronic books B Providence and government of God ; Christianity B Reformed Church ; Doctrines ; History B God (Christianity) ; Will |
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| Summary: | This book revisits the four major early-modern debates concerning the will of God. It appears that Reformed scholasticism advocated a particular and consistent relationship between divine knowledge, will, and power, which was altered by Jesuits, Remonstrants, Descartes, and Spinoza. Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter One Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Interpretations of Reformed Scholasticism -- 1.3 Reformed Scholasticism as Perfect Will Theology -- 1.4 The Reformed Model of Divine Agency -- 1.5 The Modality of the Reformed Model: a Contingency Model -- 1.6 The Medieval Background of the Reformed Model: Duns Scotus -- 1.7 Plan -- Part I Tradition-Historical Inquiry -- Chapter Two Perfect Will Theology: a Basic Outline -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theology -- 2.3 Natural Theology -- 2.3.1 Divine Existence -- 2.3.2 Divine Nature -- 2.3.3 Divine Life -- 2.3.4 Divine Providence -- 2.4 Revealed Theology -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Chapter Three The Jesuit Counter-Reformation: Conditionalizing Divine Knowledge -- 3.1 Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) -- 3.2 Unconditional Future Contingents -- 3.2.1 Determinate Truth-Value -- 3.2.2 The Mode of Knowledge -- 3.2.3 Foreknowledge and Contingency -- 3.3 Conditional Future Contingents -- 3.3.1 Determinate Truth-Value -- 3.3.2 The Mode of Knowledge -- 3.3.3 Conditional Knowledge and Divine Will -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 3.5 William Twisse (1578-1646) -- 3.6 Preliminaries: The Preface of the Exposition -- 3.6.1 Methodological Preliminaries -- 3.6.2 Twisse's Basic Argument -- 3.7 The "Defense of Human Freedom" -- 3.8 Unconditional Future Contingents -- 3.8.1 The Real Point of Debate -- 3.8.2 Determinate Truth-Value -- 3.8.3 The Mode of Knowledge -- 3.9 Conditional Future Contingents -- 3.9.1 The Case against Middle Knowledge -- 3.9.2 Divine Knowledge and Will -- 3.10 Conclusion -- Chapter Four The Remonstrant Debate: Conditionalizing Divine Will -- 4.1 Simon Episcopius (1583-1643) -- 4.2 A Conditional Decision and a Moveable End of Life -- 4.3 Divine Foreknowledge -- 4.4 Contingency and Foreknowledge -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 4.6 Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (579 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-19344-4 90-04-18290-X 978-90-04-18290-5 |
