Christ and the covenant : : Francis Turretin's federal theology as a defense of the doctrine of grace / / J. Mark Beach.

• Superior document: Reformed Historical Theology ; Volume 1
• VerfasserIn: Beach, J. Mark
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, [Germany] : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2007.; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Reformed historical theology ; Volume 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Francis Turretin and Federal Theology; 1.2 The Parameters and Thesis of this Study; 1.3 The Order and Structure of this Study; 2. Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Federal Theology and Its Interpreters; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Diversity of Interpretation on the Rise and Development of Federal Theology; 2.2.1 Survey of Historical Research on Federal Theology; 2.2.2 Theological Assessments of Federal Theology; 2.2.3 Appraising the Historical and Theological Assessments of Federal Theology

2.3 The Thesis of this Study2.4 Scholarship on Francis Turretin; 2.5 Method and Overview of Chapters; 3. Fœdus Naturæ: Divine Goodness and Divine Law, and the Eschatology of the Original Covenant between God and Humans; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Expositing the Covenant of Nature; 3.2.1 Covenant Defined: How God Can Enter into a Covenant with Humanity; 3.2.2 Covenant as Monopleuric and Dipleuric; 3.2.3 God's Twofold Covenant with Humanity; 3.2.4 Proofs Supporting the Existence of a Covenant of Nature ; 3.2.5 The Contracting Parties of the Covenant of Nature

3.3 The Sacraments of the Covenant of Nature3.3.1 The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (de Arbore Scientiae Boni et Mali); 3.3.2 The Tree of Life (De Arbore Vitae); 3.4 The Covenant of Nature and the Promise of Eternal and Heavenly Life; 3.4.1 Socinian and Amyraldian Opponents; 3.4.2 The Theological Importance of Prelapsarian Covenant Eschatology; 3.4.3 Considering Particular Texts of Scripture; 3.5 Assessment of Criticisms against the Covenant of Nature; 3.6 Summary and Conclusion; 4. Fœdus Gratiæ (Part 1): The Nature of the Covenant of Grace; 4.1 Introduction

4.4.3 The Instrumental Causality of Faith in Relation to Obedience4.4.4 The Instrumental Causality of Faith and Solus Christus; 4.4.5 Repentance and Obedience as Conditions of Means; 4.4.6 Excursus: The Necessity of Good Works ; 4.5 The Relationship between the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace; 4.6 Summary and Conclusion; 5. Fœdus Gratiæ (Part 2): Polemics Surrounding the Covenant of Grace; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Unity of the Covenant of Grace; 5.3 The Redemptive Scope of the Covenant of Grace; 5.3.1 Opponents of the Particularity of the Covenant of Grace

5.3.2 The Particular Scope of the Essence of the Covenant of Grace