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The Theology of Dort
Program The Theology of Dort (1618–1619) Confessional Consolidation, Conflictual Contexts, and Continuing Consequences Groningen, May 8–9, 2019 Dutch theological faculties.at the Synod (painting Museum of Dordrecht) Confessional Consolidation and Conflictual Contexts (Wednesday) Time Wednesday morning (plenary) ~ Zittingszaal 10.00 Welcome by the dean of the faculty, prof.dr. Mladen Popovic and Brief introduction by Henk van den Belt 10.15 Dr. Dolf te Velde, Theological University of Kampen, Justified by Faith? Franciscus Gomarus on the Crucial Issue with Jacob Arminius 11.00 Coffeebreak 11.15 Prof.dr. Volker Leppin, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, A disliked doctrine: Predestination, Dort and the Lutherans 12.00 Dr. Harm Goris, Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Total depravity or relapse into natural state? Roman Catholic views on the effects of the Fall 12.45 Lunch Wednesday afternoon ~ Zittingszaal Zaal 130 14.00 Jacob van Sluis, Groningen University Library and Jeannette Kreijkes, PhD Groningen, Did the Tresoar Leeuwarden, The Franeker Academy and the Synod of Dort Consider Chrysostom a Semi- Synod of Dort Pelagian? Continuity and Discontinuity of Early Christian Views in the Reformed Tradition 14.30 Bert Koopman, independent scholar, Preparatory work, Prof.dr. Wim van Vlastuin, Vrije Universiteit rejected by the front door, stealthily admitted by the back Amsterdam, Retrieving the doctrine of the door apostasy of the saints in the ‘Remonstrantie 15.00 Coffee / Tea 15.30 Prof.dr. Wim Moehn, Protestant Theological University, Dr. Pieter L. Rouwendal, independent scholar, Debating regeneration – from baptismal water to seed of A Slight Modification in a Classic Formula: regeneration. the Reformed Theologians at the Synod of Dort on the Extent of the Atonement 16.00 Prof.dr. -
University of Groningen Developments in Structuring Of
University of Groningen Developments in Structuring of Reformed Theology van den Belt, Hendrik Published in: Reformation und Rationalität IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Document Version Final author's version (accepted by publisher, after peer review) Publication date: 2015 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): van den Belt, H. (2015). Developments in Structuring of Reformed Theology: The Synopsis Purioris Theologiae (1625) as Example. In H. J. Selderhuis, & E-J. Waschke (Eds.), Reformation und Rationalität (pp. 289-311). (Refo500 Academic Studies; Vol. 17). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. Download date: 11-02-2018 1 Henk van den Belt 2 3 4 Developments in Structuring of Reformed Theology: 5 6 The Synopsis Purioris Theologiae (1625) as Example. 7 8 9 10 11 12 Abstract 13 14 The Synopsis Purioris Theologiae (1625), an influential handbook of Reformed 15 dogmatics, began as a cycle of disputations. -
Midwestern Journal of Theology
MIDWESTERN JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY Vol. 11 Fall 2012 No. 2 CONTENTS Editorial THEME: CONTEXTUALIZING GREAT COMMISION FUNDAMENTALS Lecture 1: Contextualizing the Glory of God: Glorifying God by Communicating the God of the Bible DAVID J. HESSELGRAVE 1-14 Lecture 2: Contextualizing the Power of the Gospel: Unleashing God's Power by Communicating the Biblical Gospel DAVID J. HESSELGRAVE 15-30 Lecture 3: Contextualizing the Gravity ofLostness: Preaching &Teaching the Wrath of God and the Judgrnent of Man DAVID J. HESSELGRAVE 31-45 THEME CLASSIC: Jonathan Edwards, "What it is to Corne to Christ" (Matt 11 :28) (A Previously Unpublished Sermon) MICHAEL D. MCMULLEN (editor) 46-53 Anabaptisrn and James Arminius: A Study in Soteriological Kinship & Its Implications JERRY SUTTON 54-86 A Medieval Gospel Presentation or a Manual of Church Order? THOMAS P. JOHNSTON 87-94 11 Sorting out the Jameses: Getting Clear on James the Son of Zebedee and James the Brother of Jesus and their Respective Iconographies. RONALD V. HUGGINS 95-112 BOOK REVIEWS 113-25 Richard S. Briggs and Joel N. Lohr, eds., A Theological Introduction to the Pentateuch: Interpreting the Torah as Christian Scripture. (Reviewed by William K Bechtold III) 113-15 Peter A. Morton, A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy ofMind, Readings with Commentary . (Reviewed by Christopher J. Black) 115-18 Gert J. Steyn, A Quest for the Assumed LXX Vorlage ofthe Explicit Quotations in Hebrews. (Reviewed by Tom Galey) 118-20 James Riley Strange, The Moral world of James: Setting the Epistle in its Greco-Roman and Judaic Environments. (Reviewed by Joe Nichols) 120-23 Jerome T. -
University of Groningen Introduction: Synopsis Purioris Theologiae
University of Groningen Introduction: Synopsis Purioris Theologiae / Synopsis of a Purer Theology van den Belt, Hendrik Published in: Synopsis Purioris Theologiae / Synopsis of a Purer Theology IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Publication date: 2016 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): van den Belt, H. (2016). Introduction: Synopsis Purioris Theologiae / Synopsis of a Purer Theology. In H. van den Belt , A. J. Beck, W. den Boer, & R. A. Faber (Eds.), Synopsis Purioris Theologiae / Synopsis of a Purer Theology: Latin Text and English Translation: Volume 2, Disputations 24-42 (Vol. 2). (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: Texts and Sources; Vol. 204, No. 8). Brill. Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. Download date: 27-09-2021 Introduction The Synopsis Purioris Theologiae offers a survey of academic theology in the Reformed church shortly after its codification at the international Synod of Dort (1618–1619), occasioned by the clash with the Remonstrants in the Dutch Republic.1 The summary of Reformed Orthodox theology originated from a series of disputations written by four Leiden professors of theology and publically defended by their students. -
'Dimittimini, Exite'
Seite 1 von 13 ‘Dimittimini, exite’ Debating Civil and Ecclesiastical Power in the Dutch Republic 1. Dordrecht, Monday 14 January 1619. ‘You are cast away, go! You have started with lies, you have ended with lies. Dimittimini, exite’. The end was bitter and dramatic. The chairman of the Synod of Dort, Johannes Bogerman, lost his patience. Roaring, as some reports put it, he ordered Simon Episcopius, who had just, in equally outspoken terms, accused Bogerman of committing acts of slavery, to leave. Episcopius and his fellow Arminians left. As usual the two great --indeed massive-- seventeenth century accounts of the Synod, those of Johannes Uytenbogaert on the Arminian and of Jacobus Trigland on the orthodox Calvinist side, differ strongly in their account and appreciation of what happened at the Synod of Dort1. But they agreed Dort marked a schism; Dutch Reformed Protestantism had split apart. In almost all 57 fateful sessions of the synod which had started on 13 November 1618 the debate had been bitter, though invariably participants asked for moderation, temperance and sobriety. The Synod vacillated between the bitterness of intense theological dispute and a longing for religious peace, between the relentless quest for truth and the thirst for toleration. For over ten years Dutch Reformed Protestants had been arguing, with increasing intensity and rancour. Divisions and issues were manifold with those, such as Simon 1 See Johannes Uytenbogaert, Kerckelicke Historie, Rotterdam, 1647, pp. 1135-1136 and Jacobus Trigland, Kerckelycke Geschiedenissen, begrypende de swaere en Bekommerlijcke Geschillen, in de Vereenigde Nederlanden voorgevallen met derselver Beslissinge, Leiden, 1650, p 1137. -
The Canon of Dort, the Five Points of Remonstrance, and an Orthodox
The Canon of Dort “The Five Points of Calvinism” Calvinism is a Protestant system of doctrine named after John Calvin. It is the system of understanding Christian salvation (“soteriology”) developed by Calvin and codified during the 1617 Synod of Dort. Calvinism is more broadly known as “Reformed Protestantism”, and encompasses the whole body of doctrine taught by Reformed churches*. TULIP is the shorthand synopsis of Calvinistic soteriology. T Total Depravity Fallen man is totally unable to save himself. U Unconditional Election God’s election is not conditioned by anything in man (this is further expanded by Calvinistic doctrine to say that God also predestines some to damnation, it is called the Doctrine of Double Predestination). L Limited Atonement Christ’s atoning death was sufficient to save all men, but efficient only for the elect. I Irresistible Grace God’s gift of faith cannot be resisted by the elect. P Perseverance in Grace The elect will persevere in the faith. The Five Points of Remonstrance ** Arminian Soteriology (1610) Arminianism is a Protestant school of thought named after the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius. Found mostly in Methodist denominations, it originally arose within the Reformed churches in the Netherlands. Arminianism developed after the Dutch Protestants charged the Calvinist party, especially the followers of Theodore Beza and Franciscus Gomarus, of developing a system of doctrine that made God the author of evil as well as good. SCURF is the shorthand synopsis for Arminian soteriology, and it prompted the Synod of Dort (TULIP). S Synergism Fallen man works with God to save himself (it is important to note that Synergism says that God starts the work and man completes it while Semi- Pelagianism says man starts and God finishes and Pelagianism says the man does all the work). -
The Synod of Dordt (1618–1619) and a Theology of Religions
In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi ISSN: (Online) 2305-0853, (Print) 1018-6441 Page 1 of 8 Original Research The Synod of Dordt (1618–1619) and a theology of religions Author: The Synod of Dordt (1618–1619) addressed particular theological concerns raised in a particular 1 Jaco Beyers context. The broader context of the Synod needs to be accounted for. During the 16th and 18th Affiliation: century, Roman Catholic and Protestant relations in Europe were strained. During the same 1Department of Religion period, Christianity and Islam were in conflict. Europe was engaging with foreign cultures and Studies, Faculty of Theology religions exposed through a process of geographical discoveries. Within this context the and Religion, University question arises as to how Christianity relates to non-Christian religions. The contribution of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa by the theologian, Gijsbertius Voetius (1589–1676), in creating a theological position on non-Christian religions is paramount in discerning a theology of religions (theologia religionum). Corresponding author: The Synod of Dordt and the contribution of Voetius in creating such a theology of religions will Jaco Beyers, here be the focus of the research. Voetius suggests an openness towards non-Christian religions, [email protected] as all humans are corrupt in nature and in need of redemption. God elects and saves humans Dates: from all humankind. Received: 08 Jan. 2019 Accepted: 03 Apr. 2019 Keywords: Dordt; Missional; Theology of religions; Voetius; Inter-religious relations. Published: 27 May 2019 How to cite this article: Beyers, J., 2019, ‘The Synod Introduction of Dordt (1618–1619) and Reflections on inter-religious relations are important today within a multi-religious society. -
Petrus Van Mastricht (1630-1706)
Adriaan C. Neele (ed.) Petrus van Mastricht (1630–1706) Text, Context, and Interpretation Adriaan C. Neele (ed.): Petrus van Mastricht (1630–1706): Text, Context, and Interpretation © 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525522103 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647522104 Adriaan C. Neele (ed.): Petrus van Mastricht (1630–1706): Text, Context, and Interpretation Reformed Historical Theology Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis in Co-operation with Emidio Campi, Irene Dingel, Benyamin F. Intan, Elsie Anne McKee, Richard A. Muller, and Risto Saarinen Volume 62 © 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525522103 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647522104 Adriaan C. Neele (ed.): Petrus van Mastricht (1630–1706): Text, Context, and Interpretation Adriaan C. Neele (ed.) Petrus vanMastricht (1630–1706): Text, Context, and Interpretation With aForeword by Carl R. Trueman Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht © 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783525522103 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647522104 Adriaan C. Neele (ed.): Petrus van Mastricht (1630–1706): Text, Context, and Interpretation Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data available online: https://dnb.de. © 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Theaterstraße 13, D-37073 Göttingen All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. Typesetting: 3w+p, Rimpar Printed and bound: Hubert & Co. BuchPartner, Göttingen Printed in the EU Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage | www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com ISSN 2197-1137 ISBN 978-3-647-52210-4 © 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. -
“Calvinism” and “Arminianism”
“Calvinism” and “Arminianism” The “Low Countries” Early Phases of Dutch Reformation • The Netherlands had early been influenced by Lutheranism, then Anabaptism grew rapidly there. • 30 Luther works in Dutch by 1530 • Dutch Anabaptist “Uproar”, 1535 Very little Calvinist influence before 1566 The priest brought the oil, but there‟s no salad in the house. • In 1566 the congregations 1,000s at Calvinist Field began to worship in the open fields, sometimes Revivals! under armed guard and with barricaded approaches. A congregation of seven or eight thousand met in a field near Ghent; fifteen thousand outside Antwerp; twenty thousand at a bridge near Tournai. – Owen Chadwick, The Reformation, p.169. 1561, Belgic Confession • "Belgic Confession" 37 articles written by Guido de Brès, a Reformer in the southern Low Countries (now Belgium) – Patterned after a Beza confession – Predestination – Infant baptism – Spiritual presence in Lord‟s Supper – Discipline a mark of the true church 1566, “Wonder Year": Waves of Iconoclasm • “Stained glass was smashed, missals ripped, monasteries plundered; images were desecrated with blood and beer; and letters of indulgence used as lavatory paper.” – Brian Moynahan, The Faith, A History of Christianity. Literally hundreds and Hundreds of Churches Forcibly Cleansed by Mobs “Soon, the iconoclasm swelled into a character and a scale unmatched in the history of the European Reformation.” Philip Benedict, Christ‟s Churches Purely Reformed Aftermath of Iconoclasm King Philip II of Spain I will not be a King of Heretics! • During the time of Philip II, all the Dutch Protestants were severely persecuted. • There is no accurate record of the number of Protestant martyrs in the Netherlands during this time. -
Synod of Dordt
God’s Sovereignty Affirmed A Devotional Commentary by Dr. Stanford E. Murrell Formally Titled The Decision of the Synod of Dordt On the Five Main Points of Doctrine in Dispute in the Netherlands “He that is not interested in the eternal election o f God the Father, in the atoning blood and justifying righteousness of God the Son, in the work and witness of God the Holy Ghost, whatever be his name, sect, denomination or profession; whatever be his outward conduct, the doctrines he professes, or the creed to which he signs his name, he will…never see the King in His beauty, never see the land afar off, never see the new Jerusalem, nor the blood of sprinkling, ‘that speaketh better things than the blood of Abel..” ~*~ J. C. Philot From November 13, 1618 through May 9, 1619, the Synod of Dort convened at the request of Prince Maurice and the States-General of Holland, who supported his efforts to soliditate political authority. Judgment was to be passed upon the Arminian controversy that plagued Christendom. Great religious decisions were asked to be made in the Netherlands City of Dordrecht. Intended to be a general council of the Calvinistic Churches, Dutch delegates met with twenty-six delegates from eight foreign countries. Representatives from England, the Palatinate House, Switzerland and Bremen were present. Concentrated attention was to be given to the teachings of Jacob Arminius (1559-1609), a theological professor at Leiden University in Germany (1603-1609). Arminius had questioned the teaching of John Calvin and other Reformers on important doctrinal matters including grace (the unmerited favor of God shown towards sinners) and predestination (the biblical doctrine that God determines beforehand who will be saved. -
The Doctrine of Prevenient Grace in the Theology of Jacobus Arminius
Andrews University Digital Commons @ Andrews University Dissertations Graduate Research 2017 The Doctrine of Prevenient Grace in the Theology of Jacobus Arminius Abner F. Hernandez Andrews University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations Part of the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Hernandez, Abner F., "The Doctrine of Prevenient Grace in the Theology of Jacobus Arminius" (2017). Dissertations. 1670. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/1670 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ABSTRACT THE DOCTRINE OF PREVENIENT GRACE IN THE THEOLOGY OF JACOBUS ARMINIUS by Abner F. Hernandez Fernandez Adviser: Jerry Moon ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE RESEARCH Dissertation Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Title: THE DOCTRINE OF PREVENIENT GRACE IN THE THEOLOGY OF JACOBUS ARMINIUS Name of researcher: Abner F. Hernandez Fernandez Name and degree of faculty adviser: Jerry Moon, Ph.D. Date completed: April 2017 Topic This dissertation addresses the problem of the lack of agreement among interpreters of Arminius concerning the nature, sources, development, and roles of prevenient grace in Arminius’s soteriology. Purpose The dissertation aims to investigate, analyze, and define the probable sources, nature, development, and role of the concept of prevenient or “preceding” grace in the theology of Jacobus Arminius (1559–1609). Sources The dissertation relies on Arminius’s own writings, mainly the standard London Edition, translated by James Nichols and Williams Nichols. -
ABSTRACT One Christian's Plea: the Life, Ministry, and Controversies Of
ABSTRACT One Christian’s Plea: The Life, Ministry, and Controversies of Francis Johnson Kenneth Scott Culpepper Mentor: William H. Brackney, Ph.D. Francis Johnson (1562-1618) served as pastor of the English Separatist congregation that became known as the “Ancient Church” from 1592 until his death in 1618. The congregation was first gathered in London under the guidance of Henry Barrow and John Greenwood before its members fled to Amsterdam in 1593 under Johnson’s leadership to escape persecution by English civil and ecclesiastical authorities. Johnson joined his flock in 1597 after being released from prison. His ministry was filled with strife and conflict as he sought to implement the Separatist ecclesiological ideal of a congregational polity. Despite the turbulence of his early years in Amsterdam, Johnson’s Ancient Church finally enjoyed a period of relative peace and growth from 1604-1608. Johnson caused a split within his own congregation in 1610. This fissure was created by his determination to pursue a more congregational rather than presbyterian polity in response to external conflicts with his former Cambridge pupil, John Smyth. After a self- imposed period of exile from 1613-1617 at Emden, East Friesland, Johnson returned to Amsterdam in 1617 to publish his final polemical work. He died at Amsterdam in 1618. In this research project, the author explored the evolving theological views, career, social context, polemical exhanges, controversies, and writings of Francis Johnson with two primary objectives. The first of these objectives was to analyze the course of Francis Johnson’s ecclesiological views as he transitioned from an early presbyterian position to congregationalism and back to presbyterianism before he finally came to moderate his original hard-line Separatism.