Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A Brief Sketch of the Life of Cocceius in the Context of His Times -- PART I. THE SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE -- 1. A Survey of the Summa Doctrinae and the Summa Theologiae -- 2. The Sources of Knowledge -- 3. Philosophy and Theology -- 4. The Holy Scriptures -- PART II. THE DOCTRINE OF GOD -- 5. The Structure of the Doctrine of God -- 6. The Arguments for the Existence of God -- 7. The Attributes of God -- 8. The Doctrine of the Trinity -- PART III. GOD IN RELATION TO HISTORY -- 9. The Doctrine of the Decrees -- 10. The Doctrine of the Eternal Pact -- 11. The Doctrine of the Covenants -- 12. The Abrogations of the Covenant of Works -- PART IV. RECONSTRUCTION AND EVALUATION -- 13. Reconstruction -- 14. Evaluation -- Appendices -- Appendix I. The Origins of Federal Theology -- Appendix II. The Auction Catalogue of Cocceius' Library -- Appendix III. Impact of Cocceius' Federal Theology -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Indices -- Index of Names -- Index of Terms -- Index of Places.

This volume deals with the Federal theology of Johannes Cocceius, who lived in the seventeenth century (1603-1669). German by birth, he taught at Bremen, Franeker and Leiden, where he was Professor of Theology (1650-1669). As foremost biblical interpreter he sought to formulate a Covenant theory which described all of human history by introducing the structure of consecutive covenants or foedera . The book poses a surprising alternative to the readings of earlier scholarship on Cocceius by its careful presentation of the pneumatological components of the doctrine of covenants. Cocceius' Federal theology was of considerable importance in the theological and political history of Europe and the United States and formes the framework for much of the Reformed theology in the past three centuries.

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