On Theology, or the Study of God

“The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”

Dt. 29:29

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Jn. 1:1

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Subsections

Natural Theology
Revealed Theology
Biblical Theology
Systematic Theology
Historical Theology
Medieval Theology
Scholastic Theology
Practical Theology

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Order of Contents

Articles  10+
Books  2
First Principle of  1
Historical  3
Theological Skepticism
Latin  4


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Articles

1500’s

Junius, Francis – 1. ‘On True Theology’  in Theological Theses for Exercises in Public Disputations in the Famous Academy at Leiden  (1584)  at ReformedOrthodoxy.org

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1600’s

Trelcatius, Jr., Lucas – ‘Of the Principles of Sacred Divinity’  (1610)  5 pp.  from A Brief Institution of the Common Places of Sacred Divinity, pp. 1-11.

Trelcatius, Jr. (1573-1607) was a professor of theology at the University of Leiden, Netherlands and one of the key participants in a number of debates with Jacob Arminius.

Ames, William – The Marrow of Theology  tr. John D. Eusden  (1623; Baker, 1997), bk. 1

ch. 1, ‘The Definition or Nature of Theology’, pp. 77-79
ch. 2, ‘The Division or Parts of Theology’, pp. 79-80

Ames (1576-1633) was an English, puritan, congregationalist, minister, philosopher and controversialist.  He spent much time in the Netherlands, and is noted for his involvement in the controversy between the reformed and the Arminians.  Voet highly commended Ames’s Marrow for learning theology.

Polyander, Johannes – Disputation 1, ‘On Sacrosanct Theology’  in A  Synopsis of Pure Theology  (1625)  tr. Charles Johnson

Polyander (1568-1646)

Wendelin, Marcus Friedrich – Christian Theology  3rd ed.  (1634)

Definition, Object, End & Principal Efficient of Theology
Distribution of

Wendelin (1584-1652)

Hoornbeeck, Johannes – ch. 1, ‘On Theology’  in Institutions of Theology Set in Order from the Best Authors  (1658)  tr. Charles Johnson

Hoornbeck (1617-1666) quotes Junius, Gomarus, Calvin, Waleaus, Ames, the Leiden professors & Voet.

Rijssen, Leonard – ch.1, ‘Theology’  in A Complete Summary of Elenctic Theology & of as Much Didactic Theology as is Necessary  tr. J. Wesley White  MTh thesis  (Bern, 1676; GPTS, 2009), pp. 1-8

Rijssen (1636?-1700?) was a prominent Dutch reformed minister and theologian, active in theological controversies.

Baxter, Richard – A Method of Christian Theology  (London, 1681) tr. Michael Lynch

‘On Theology & Order’, p. 3
‘On the Scope of Theology’, p. 3

Heidegger, Johann Heinrich

1. ‘On Theology in General’  in The Concise Marrow of Theology  tr. Casey Carmichael  in Classic Reformed Theology, vol. 4  (RHB, 2019), pp. 9-13

1.1-1.4, ‘On Theology’  in Corpus of Christian Theology  tr. Charles Johnson

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1800’s

Thornwell, James H. – Lecture 1, ‘Preliminary Observations’  ToC  in Theological Lectures  in The Collected Writings of James H. Thornwell  (Richmond, VA: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1871), vol. 1, Theological, pp. 25-52

Hodge, Charles – Systematic Theology  (NY: Scribner, 1877), vol. 1, Introduction

ch. 1, ‘On Method’, pp. 1-18  ToC
ch. 2, ‘Theology’, pp. 18-34  ToC

Dabney, Robert L. – Lecture 1, ‘Preface & Existence of God’  ToC  in Syllabus & Notes of the Course of Systematic & Polemical Theology taught in Union Theological Seminary, Virginia  2nd ed.  (St. Louis: Presbyterian Publishing Co. of St. Louis, 1878), pp. 5-14

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1900’s

Girardeau, John L. – Discussions of Theological Questions  ed. George A. Blackburn  (Richmond, VA: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1905)

‘The Definition of Theology’, pp. 1-44
‘The Distribution or Division of Theology’, pp. 45-73
‘The Ultimate Source, Rule & Judge of Theology’, pp. 73-393


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Books

1500’s

Junius, Francis – A Treatise of True Theology  (1594; RHB, 2014)  This online edition has the English and Latin in parallel columns.

This work was foundational for reformed theology.

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1700’s

De Moor, Bernard – vol. 1, Concerning the Word & Definition of Theology  in Continuous Commentary on Johannes Marckius’ Didactico-Elenctic Compendium of Christian Theology  Buy  (Culpeper, VA: L&G Translation Center (Edification Press), 2014)  262 pp.

ToC

1. Etymology of ‘Theology’
2. Orginal Signification of
3. as Personal
4. as Uttered
5. Synonymy & Homonymy of
6. True Homonymy of

7. Archetypal Theology
8. Ectypal Theology: of Union
9. of Vision
10. of the Way; Nature of
11. Existence of

12. Natural Theology: Innate
13. Acquired
14. Universal Doubt?
15. Idea & Existence of God
16. Theology of Adam & as Fallen
17. Socinians Deny Natural Theology
18. Object of Natural Theology
19. Insufficiency of for Salvation
20. Objections of Pelagians & Socinians
21. Natural & Revealed Theology: Agreement & Difference
22. End of Natural Theology

23. Necessity of Revealed Theology
24. Practical Theology
25. Doctrinal: Didactic, Elenctic & Scholastic Theology
26. Papist Scholasticism
27. Definition of Revealed Theology
28. Genus of: Doctrine, Practical
29. Dianoetical
30. Defended
31. Papist Divisions

32. Of its Species: Principium: Word of God
33. Mode of Revealed Theology
34. Object of: True Religion
35. Subject of: Fallen Man
36. End of: Glory of God & Salvation of Men

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1900’s

Muller, Richard – The Study of Theology: From Biblical Interpretation to Contemporary Formulation .in Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation, vol. 7  Buy  Pre  (Zondervan, 1991)  238 pp.  ToC


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On the First Principle, or Principium, of Theology

1700’s

De Moor, Bernard – 32. ‘The Principium of Revealed Theology: the Word of God’  in Continuous Commentary on Johannes Marckius’ Didactico-Elenctic Compendium of Christian Theology  Buy  (Culpeper, VA: L&G Translation Center (Edification Press), 2014), vol. 1, Concerning the Word & Definition of Theology, pp. 220-46


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Historical

On the Reformed in the Post-Reformation

Books

Muller, Richard – Part 2  ToC  in Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics, vol. 1  2nd ed.  (Baker Books, 2003), pp. 149-450

Rester, Todd – Theologia Viatorum: Institutional Continuity & the Reception of a Theological Framework from Franciscus Junius’ De theologia Vera to Bernhardinus De Moor’s Commentarius Perpetuus  PhD diss.  (Calvin Theological Seminary, 2016)

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On the 1800’s to 1900’s

Lints, Richard – ‘Two Theologies or One?  Warfield & Vos on the Nature of Theology’  in Westminster Theological Journal 54 (1992), pp. 235-53

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Contra Theological Uncertainty & Skepticism

See also, ‘Epistemology: Contra Skepticism’.

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Latin

1600’s

Voet, Gisbert – Select Theological Disputations  (Utrecht: Waesberg, 1655)

vol. 1, #8. ‘The New Jesuit Skepticism about the Principles of the Christian Faith’, pp. 106-114

vol. 3, #56. ‘Of Uncertain Faith, Conscience & Theology’, pp. 825-34

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Latin

1600’s

Alsted, Henry – ch. 1, ‘Theology’  in Distinctions through Universal Theology, taken out of the Canon of the Sacred Letters & Classical Theologians  (Frankfurt: 1626), pp. 3-6

Wendelin, Marcus Friedrich – Christian Theology  (Hanau, 1634; 2nd ed., Amsterdam, 1657), Prolegomena

ch. 1, ‘Of the Definition, Object, End & Efficient Principle of Theology’, pp. 1-6

ch. 4, ‘Of the Division of Christian Theology’, pp. 39-40

Voet, Gisbert – Select Theological Disputations  (Utrecht: Waesberg, 1655), vol. 2

25. ‘On the Explication of Predications & Restrictive Formulas in Theology’, pp. 362-83
26. ‘Same’, pt. 2, pp. 383-402

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