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