Debated issues in sovereign predestination: early lutheran predestination, Calvinian reprobation, and variations in Genevan lapsarianism

"Joel R. Beeke examines three flashpoints of controversy in Reformation and Post-Reformation theology: first, the development of the Lutheran doctrine of predestination from Martin Luther and Philip Melancthon to the Formula of Concord; second, the doctrine of repbrobation as traced through the...

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Published in:Reformed historical theology
Main Author: Beeke, Joel R. 1952- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Göttingen Bristol, CT Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht [2017]
In: Reformed historical theology (Volume 42)
Series/Journal:Reformed historical theology Volume 42
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Predestination / Protestant theology / History 1517-1737
Further subjects:B Calvinism History of doctrines
B Reprobation History of doctrines
B Predestination History of doctrines
B Fall of man
B Lutheran Church History of doctrines
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Summary:"Joel R. Beeke examines three flashpoints of controversy in Reformation and Post-Reformation theology: first, the development of the Lutheran doctrine of predestination from Martin Luther and Philip Melancthon to the Formula of Concord; second, the doctrine of repbrobation as traced through the writings of John Calvin; and third, the doctrine of predestination in Geneva from Theodore Beza in the sixteenth century to Jean-Alphonse Turretin and Jacob Vernet in the eighteenth century. This books offers a balanced, historical analysis of a difficult subject." -- From back of book
Predestination in early Lutheranism -- Reprobation in Calvin's theology -- Lapsarian variations among later Genevan theologians
ISBN:3525552602