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

.

.

Subsection

Natural Theology
Biblical Theology
Systematic Theology
Historical Theology
Medieval Theology
Scholastic Theology

.

.

Order of Contents

Articles  8+
Books  2
Historical  3


.

.

Articles

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.

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

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

Hoornbeck quotes Junius, Gomarus, Calvin, Waleaus, Ames, the Leiden professors & Voet.

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

.

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

.

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


.

.

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.

.

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


.

.

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)

.

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

.

.

.

Related Pages