“For a bishop [elder] must be… the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry… sober… temperate… Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers… whose mouths must be stopped… that they may be sound in the faith.”
Titus 1:7-11
“And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him.”
1 Kings 18:21
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Definition:
Polemical, elenctic or controversial theology is aimed at, and organized by refuting errors, false doctrines, sects, heresies and false religions with Scripture and the light of nature. ‘Polemic’ and ‘elenctic’ come from Greek words meaning ‘war’ and ‘refutative’ respectively.
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Subsections
Heresiographies, Surveys of Sects & Religions, & on Heresies & Error
Atheism Separatism & Brownism
Islam Antinomianism
Judaism Erastianism
Socinianism Voluntaryism
Romanism Ecclesiocracy
Greek & Eastern Orthodoxy Prelacy & Episcopacy
Lutheranism Congregationalism & Independency
Arminianism Hyper-Preterism
Libertines Anabaptism
Cartesianism
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Order of Contents
English
Polemical Theologies 7+
Systematic Theologies Emphasizing Polemics 8+
On Controversies 2
On the Polemical Theologian 1
Latin
Polemical Theologies 18+
Systematic Theologies Emphasizing Polemics 16+
Bible Commentaries Emphasizing Polemics 2
On Controversies 8+
On the Polemical Theologian 2
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Handbooks of Polemical Theology
1600’s
Rutherford, Samuel – A Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist, Opening the Secrets of Familism & Antinomianism in the Antichristian Doctrine of John Saltmarsh & William Del, the Present Preachers of the Army now in England, & of Robert Town, Tobias Crisp, H. Denne, Eaton & Others: in which is Revealed the Rise & Spring of Antinomians, Familists, Libertines, Swencfeldians, Enthusiasts, etc., the Mind of Luther, a Most Professed Opposer of Antinomians, is Cleared & Diverse Considerable Points of the Law & the Gospel are Discovered, in Two Parts (1648) IA
The first half of the book is on the history and rise of Antinomians and Familists. The second half is a survey and refutation of Antinomianism.
Lyford, William – The Instructed Christian, or the Plain Man’s Senses Exercised to Discern Both Good and Evil, being a discovery of the Errors, Heresies, and Blasphemies of these Times, and the Toleration of them… †1653 350 pp.
Dickson, David – Truth’s Victory Over Error: or the True Principles of the Christian Religion Buy 1662, being the first positive commentary on the Westminster Confession. It is polemical in nature.
Rijssen, Leonard – A Complete Summary of Elenctic Theology & of as Much Didactic Theology as is Necessary trans. J. Wesley White MTh thesis (Bern, 1676; GPTS, 2009) 316 pp. with an Introduction by White
Turretin, Francis – Institutes of Elenctic Theology, 3 vols. ed. James Dennison Jr. Buy (1679–1685; P&R)
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1800’s
Thornwell, James, H. – Collected Writings, vol. 3, ‘Theological & Controversial Buy (1871)
This volume takes up the Rationalist and Papal controversies.
Girardeau, John L.
Calvinism & Evangelical Arminianism Buy HTML, 1890 584 pp.
This book covers the gamut of the breadth of soteriology.
Discussions of Philosophical Questions 1900 532 pp.
A modern title to this book would be “Conflict of Worldviews”. This work and the below work contain much of Girardeau’s writings on systematic issues. Many in his day desired him to write a systematic theology, but it did not happen.
Discussions of Theological Questions Buy 534 pp.
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1900’s
Various – The Fundamentals, 4 vols. Buy 1909
This was the foundational work of fundamentalism as a counter-response to the growing liberalism of the day. These volumes were intended to be a systematic defense of Christianity against liberal errors. It includes 100 articles authored by leading scholars including B. B. Warfield, James Orr, G. Campbell Morgan, Charles Erdman, H. C. G. Moule, and Bishop Ryle. This set is solid. It does not contain the numerous distinctive weaknesses that fundamentalism would later develop.
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Systematic Theologies that Emphasize Polemics
1500’s
Calvin, John – Institutes of the Christian Religion, vols. 1, 2, 3 Buy (1559) tr. Henry Beveridge ToC
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1600’s
Trelcatius, Jr., Lucas – A Brief Institution of the Common Places of Sacred Divinity, Wherein, the Truth of Every Place is Proved, and the Sophisms of Bellarmine are Reproved 2nd ed. (1610) 595 pp.
Trelcatius Jr. (1573-1607) was a professor of theology at Leiden. Robert Bellarmine was a prominent Roman Catholic apologist.
Leigh, Edward – A System or Body of Divinity… wherein the Fundamentals & Main Grounds of Religion are Opened, the contrary Errors Refuted, most of the Controversies Between us, the Papists, Arminians & Socinians Discussed & Handled (London, 1654)
van Mastricht, Peter – Theoretical-Practical Theology (RHB)
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1700’s
à Brakel, Wilhelmus – The Christian’s Reasonable Service, in which Divine Truths concerning the Covenant of Grace are Expounded, Defended Against Opposing Parties…, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4 Buy 1700, translated by Bartel Elshout
de Moor, Bernard – Continuous Commentary on John Marck’s Didactic-Elenctic Compendium of Christian Theology Buy (1761- 1772)
Only the first five chapters, in five volumes, are presently (2023) available in English translation, but look for further volumes in the future. As portions are translated, excerpts are being put up at the blog. The table of contents to the whole has been translated on the page, Reformed Systematic Theologies in Latin, 1651-1700’s.
De Moor “maintained the fundamental line of confessional orthodoxy without drawing heavily on any of the newer philosophies… [and he] maintained a fairly centrist Reformed position… Vitringa and De Moor served as codifiers and bibliographers of the earlier tradition, the former from a federalist, the latter from a nonfederalist perspective. Indeed, De Moor’s efforts did for later Reformed orthodoxy what the massive system of Quenstedt did for Lutheranism in the concluding years of the seventeenth century: the work was so exhaustive and so complete in detail and bibliography that it virtually ended the development of Reformed doctrine in the form of orthodox system.” – Richard Muller
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1800’s
Hodge, Charles – Systematic Theology, vol. 1 (Theology), 2 (Anthropology), 3 (Soteriology & Eschatology) Buy (1872-4)
Dabney, Robert L. – [Systematic Theology] Syllabus & Notes of the Course of Systematic & Polemic Theology Taught in Union Theological Seminary, Virginia Buy (1878) 915 pp. ToC
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1900’s
Berkhof, Louis – Systematic Theology Buy 784 pp.
This is a classic, brief, one volume systematic theology. It was originally intended to be an abbreviated summary of the thought of Bavinck’s four volume Reformed Dogmatics. The online link does not include Berkhof’s introduction to systematic theology, though the copy for purchase linked does.
Henry, Carl – God, Revelation & Authority, 6 vols. Buy 1976-1983
Henry was an influential evangelical of the mid-1900’s and professor of theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. His work is massive, philosophical and something of a bedrock in its field. While not a complete systematic theology, it is a more than complete defense of the doctrine of God and revelation.
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On Controversies
Article
Dury, John – pp. 4-18 of pt. 1 of A Case of Conscience Concerning Ministers Meddling with State Matters in, or out of, their Sermons… (London, 1649)
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Book
1700’s
Werenfels, Samuel – A Discourse of Logomachus [Word-Fighting]: or Controversies about Words, so Common Among Learned Men… (1711) 236 pp. ToC
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On the Polemical Theologian
Witsius, Herman – ‘The Character of the Genuine Theologian’ tr. Archibald Alexander in The Biblical Repertory & Theological Review (April, 1832), pp. 158-170
The original Latin of the title was, ‘Theologus Modestus [Moderate, Temperate]…’
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Latin
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Polemical Article
1700’s
Vitringa, Campegius – Controversial Theses upon Doctrine of the Christian Religion, Part 1 (Franeker: Halmam, 1701) 8 pp. 11 theses with 3 more appended theses
Vitringa was Dutch reformed and here affirms or denies theses in the name of the reformed, contra her opponents.
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Polemical Theologies
1500’s
Theological Tracts, in which many of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion are Restored to Whole and Defended from the Word of God Against the Heretical Sects of our Times, vol. 1, 2, 3 (Geneva, 1570) ToC 1, 2, 3 Indices: Subject 1, 2, 3 Scripture 1, 2, 3
Beza (1519-1605)
Table of Contents
Vol. 1
1. A Confession of the Christian Faith, & a Collation of the Same with Papal Heresies 1 Subject Index
1. Trinity 1
2. God the Father 1
3. Jesus Christ the only Son of God 2
4. Holy Spirit 6
5. Church 32
6. Last Judgment 55
7. Brief Antitheses between the Papacy & Christianity 56-79
2. Another Brief Confession of Faith, with the Same Method as Above 80
3. That Heretics Ought to be Punished by the Civil Magistrate, against the Mishmash of Martin Bell & the Sect of the New Academics 85
Servetus the Heretic 85
The three parts of this tract 87
Refutation of Bellius’s dividion of heretics 88
Of hypocrites & schismatics 89
How many kinds of heretics 91
Origin, definition & duties of the Magistrate out of philosophers’ books 91
Same out of books of Scripture 92
Two cities: one of God, another of the Devil 92
Twofold right of the city of God, i.e. the Church 92
Ecclesiastical & civil jurisdictions 92
Human laws, divine law 93
1st Part: Whether heretics are to be punished? 94
Martin Luther on 94
Brentz, Erasmus, Calvin, Lactantius 95
Chrysostom, Jerome, Augustine, Hilary 96
1st Argument [of an Adversary] 96
2nd Argument 103
3rd & 4th Arguments 108
5th Argument, from the Authority of Gamaliel 109
6th Argument, from the Authority of Paul 109
7th Argument, from the Description of Love 110
8th Argument, that Christians ought to be Mild & Merciful 110
9th Argument 112
10th Argument 114
11th Argument 117
12th Argument 117
1st Argument [of a different adversary] 119
2nd Argument 121
3rd Argument, from the Example of Christ & the Apostles 122
4th Argument, because the World is not able to Judge of Heresy 124
5th Argument, because many Princes Abuse their Power 125
6th Argument, from the Authority of the Ancient Church 126
Whether to Punish Heretics with Capital Punishment is Prohibited to a Magistrate? 128
Arguments of an Adversay Answered
1st Argument, from the Parable of the Tares 128
2nd Argument, that it is not allowed to Magistrates to Kill the Soul 133
3rd Argument, from the Parable of the Tares, from the Judgment of the Academies 135
4th Argument, for then the Greatest Part of Men would be Killed 136
5th Argument, because Paul does not Command to Kill, but to Avoid Heretics, & He Desires the Jews to be Anathematized 138
6th Argument, because Paul Prohibits Anyone to Judge before the Time 139
7th Argument, because the Fear of Death Makes Hypocrites 139
8th Argument 140
9th Argument, from the Authority of the Ancient Church 141
Confirmation of the Question Put Forth 142
That Heretics are to be Punished 143
1. Heretics are able by Law to be Punished by the Citizenry, even the Magistrate 143
2. From the Authority of the Word of God 145
3. From the Perpetual Custom of the Foreign Nations 147
4. From the Consensus of the Recent Doctors of the Church 148
Beza quotes and/or references Luther, Melanchthon, Urbanus, the German Church, Brentius, Bucer, Capito, Bullinger, Musculus & the Genevan Church.
Heretics, further, have occassionally been coerced to capital punishment 150
Further Arguments
1. From the Gravity of the Crime of a Heretic 151
2. From the Authority of the Word of God 153
Beza discusses numerous Mosaic laws, the abrogation of the Law, the Decalogue, ceremonies, how the Judicial Law differs from the Decalogue, how the Judicial & Ceremonial laws differ, how far the Judicial Law is not abrogated, etc.
Examples of the New Testament 161
Beza responds to 9 arguments of an opponent (numbered in the margins)
Examples of Ecclesiastical History 167
Conclusion of the Whole Disputation 167
Block quote from Bullinger, Decades, Sermon 8 167-8
4. A Sum of the Whole of Christianity, or a Description & Distribution of the Causes of the Salvation of the Elect & of the Destruction of Reprobates, Collected & Explicated out of the Sacred Writings 170
Table 170
ch. 1, That the question on the eternal predestination of God is neither curious, nor is it of small necessity in the Church of God 171
ch. 2, Of the eternal counsel of God in itself hidden, that yet at length it is known by its effects 171 7 aphorisms
ch. 3, Of the execution of the eternal counsel in that which is common to the elect and reprobate 177 6 aphorisms
ch. 4, Wherein the order of the causes the Lord manifests his election in, and in a certain respect brings about the way, will be opened 180 13 aphorisms
ch. 5, Wherein the order the Lord executes the counsel of reprobation and manifests the thing itself is begun 190 7 aphorisms
ch. 6, Of the last and full execution of the counsel of God in both the elect and reprobate 194 5 aphorisms
ch. 7, In what way this doctrine may be able to be publicly and profitably set forth 197
ch. 8, In what way persons may be able to apply this whole doctrine to themselves with some fruit 199 5 aphorisms
5. A Sum of Doctrine on a Sacramental Thing 206
On Christ:
1. Of the Person of Christ 206
2. Of the Office of Christ
3. Of the Gifts which are Conferred to the Elect from Christ
4. In what way Christ with his gifts is laid hold of by us
On a Sacrament
1. For what purpose and to what end have the sacraments been instituted? 207
2. From where is the efficacy of the sacraments? 207
3. What is the formal cause of the sacraments?
4. What is the power of this formal cause?
5. What is the material of the sacraments?
6. In what way is the thing conjoined with the sign? 208
7. What is to be judged of these formulas, ‘The body of the Lord is in, with, or under the bread,’ or ‘next to the bread’ and if indeed there are others of another kind
8. What is to be made of this formula, ‘Christ is present bodily, really and substantially in the Supper’
9. What is to be thought of this formula, ‘Christ is present and distributed in the Supper in an incomprehensible way 209
10. In what way is the reality [res] of the sacrament communicated to us?
11. In what way is the sense in these sayings to be admitted: ‘To chew the body of the Lord’ & ‘To drink his blood’ and like things
12. In what way are those words to be explained, ‘This is my body’ and ‘This is my blood’
13. Who are the unfaithful 210
Conclusion 210
6. A Plain & Perspicuous Tract on the Lord’s Supper, in which the Calumnies of Joachim Westphal [a Lutheran] are Refelled 211
7. Cyclops, A Dialogue on the True Communication of the Body & Blood of the Lord, against the Fabrications of Tilemann Heshusen [a Lutheran] 259
8. A Purging of the Calumnies which have been Spattered on the Genevan Church by Tilemann Heshusen [a Lutheran] 312
9. A Response to the Calumnies of Sebastian Castellio which Endeavor to Subvert the Sole Foundation of our Salvation, that is, the Eternal Predestination of God 337
10. A Response to the Defenses & Reprehensions of Sebastian Castellio which Defend his Interpretation of the New Testament Against Beza & in Turn Tries to Reprehend his Version 425
11. A Response to the Arguments of Johannes Brent & the Theses of Jacob Andreae [who were Lutherans] which seek to Confirm the Omnipresence of the Body of Christ, that is, [a Response] against the Renewed Errors of Nestorius & Eutyches 507
[Nestorius (386-450) held, to simplify, that Christ was two persons. Eutyches (c. 380-c. 456) held that Christ had one mixed nature.]
12. Of the Hypostatic Union in Christ of the Two Natures, an Assertion Against Jacob Andreae 625
13. Homoiousias: of the Unity of the Divine Essence & the Three Personal Subsistences in it Against the Arians, an Epistle… 646
14. [21] Theses or Axioms on the Trinity of Persons & the Unity of Essence out of the Lectures of Theodore Beza 651
15. Some Variously Numbered Psalms of David Expressed: a Specimen of the Whole Future Work if the Lord so Provides 654
[Includes Ps. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 34, 36, 37, poetic preface to 51, 51, 52, 104, 118, 130, 136, 137, 138, 148]
16. A Short Book of Christian Questions & Responses, in which the Principal Heads of the Christian Religion are Propounded 669
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vol. 2
Dedication
1. Of Polygamy & Divorces 1
Of Polygamy 1
. Of the Other Kind of Polygamy 8
. Out of the Synod of Neo-Caesariana 60
. Out of the Synod of Laodicea 60
2. Of Repudiations & Divorces 64
Of Divorces 105-37
3. A Council Ought to be Constituted for the Peace of the Christian Churches: To the Sacred, Majestic, Caesar & Established Congregations of the Roman Empire of Augustus 138
4. A Defense of the Sacramental Conjunction of the Body & Blood of Christ with the Sacred Symbols Against the Most False Demonstrations of Matthew Flacius Illyricus & the Apology of the Same 152
Demonstrations of Illyricus with Responses by Beza
1st 152
2nd 155
3rd 157
4th 159
[Sic] 5th 167
7th & 8th 174
9th 176
10th 177
11th 178
12th 180
13th 181
14th 182
15th 189
16th 199
17th 201
18th, 19th & 20th 206
21st 209
22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th 214
26th 241
27th 247
28th 249
29th & 30th 251-57
5. A Defense to the Libel of the Sorbonne Pseudo-Theologian, F. Claude de Xainctes, to which has been given the title, ‘An Examination of the Calvinian & Bezan Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper, Collected out of the Writings of the Same Authors’ 257 [No subdivisions]
6. A Response to the Railings of Friedrich Balduin [a Lutheran] of Ecebol, the Apostate 287
7. Another Defense to the Response of Francis Claude of Xainctes 334
To the Magnificent & Honored Lords, the Lord Consul & Senate of Bern 382
Psalms 11 & 23 405
8. A Brief & Necessary Response to the Calumnies of Dr. Nikolaus Selnecker [a Lutheran] & the Theologians of Jena [Germany] 407 [No subdivisions]
9. A Modest & Christian Defense to the Abusive & Virulent Response of Dr. Nikolaus Selnecker 423
Dedication 423
The Defense 428
On the First Head of the Cause, that is, on the Place of Peter, that one ought to Lay Hold of Christ in Heaven 431
To the 2nd & 3rd Part of the Response of Selnecker, of which one is on the Ascension of Christ, the other on the Ubiquity of the Same 437
To that which is Called the Defense of Selnecker 449
10. The Third Defense to the Crying of Nikolaus Selnecker 453
Of the Person of Christ 455-80
Subject Index
Appendices
The Continuous Judgment of Cyril [from the Gospel of John] on the Communication & Enlivening Power of the Body of Christ, Explicated out of the Writings of the Same & Other Fathers, by the Author Christian Hessiandro 1 [No subdivisions]
The Diallacticon of a Good & Learned Man, on the Truth, Nature & Substance of the Body & Blood of Christ in the Eucharist 31
To All Christians 32
The Diallacticon 33-65
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vol. 3
1. The Third Response to Francis Claude of Sainctes 1
1. On the Things of the Eucharstic Controversy 1
2. From Where One Ought to Seek an Explanation of the Institution of the Eucharist 2
3. 4
4. 5
5. 6
6. 10
7. 11
8. 17
9. 31
10. In No Way is our Judgment in Expounding the Words of Christ Absurd 43-53
2. A Defense to the Acts of the Assembly of 15 Theologians having been recently held at Torgau [Germany] 53
The Lutheran assembly had condemned 20 propositions as false which were aimed at the Reformed view; Beza responds to each in turn. Then (p. 64) Beza answers 16 questions about the Supper.
To the Brief Confession or Affirming Part (so-called) 67
Beza responds to each of the 10 paragraphs of their brief confession about the Supper in turn.
3. A Mild & Christian Dispute with Dr. Johann Pappus [a Lutheran], a Doctor of the Church of Strassburg [Germany], on the Hypostatic Union of the Two Natures in Christ & its Effects 74 (1574)
Arguments of Beza with Responses Following
1. 74
2. 76
3. 77
4. 78
5. 79
6. 81
7-9 83
10. 84
11. 86
[sic] 13. 91
14. 92
15-16 93
17-19. 94
20. 95
21-22. 96
23-24. 97
25-26. 98-101
4. A Response for the Truth for the Body of Christ Against the Fiction of Ubiquity & the Clamor of William Holder 101
Pseudo-Truths 110
Of Falsehoods 118
Of Calumnies 121
5. A Response to Some Rotten Calumnies of Jacob Andreae [a Lutheran], Partly Recently Fabricated & Partly Repeated from Elsewhere 124
Theses of Andrea with Response by Beza
1. 124
2-3. 125
4-5. 126
6-8. 127
9-10. 128
11-12. 129
13-15. 130
16-21. 131-2
6. A Tract on the Visible Marks of the True Catholic Church 132 [No subdivisions]
7. A Response on the Lord’s Supper against the Dogmas of Jodoc Harch of Montens 148
Beza gives an introduction and then gives block quotes from Harch’s work, with page references, till p. 161. The Beza responds under these subheadings:
Of the Signs in the Lord’s Supper 161
Of the Things Sacramentally Signified in the Lord’s Supper 161
Of the Analogy of the Signs & the Thing Signified 162
Of the Conjunction or Copulation of the Signs & the Things Sacramentally Signified in the Lord’s Supper 162
On the Perceiving of the Signs & Things Signified in the Lord’s Supper 162
Of the Effects of the Lord’s Supper 162
On the Way & Rule of Administering the Lord’s Supper 164-86
8. A Book of Theological Epistles 186
1 187
10 215
20 227
30 244
40 251
50 261
60 273
70 284
80-84 290-309
9. Two Homilies Against the Errors of the Sacramentarians for the True Presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper 309 (1574)
10. Another Part of Questions & Responses, which is on the Sacraments 324
To the Christian Reader 324
ToC 324
1-3 On the Sacraments in General & on the Term ‘Sacrament’
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4-12 The Fundamentals of the Definition of Sacraments 329
13-16 The Definition of Sacrament for the Sign 331
17-18 The Definition of the Sacrament for the Whole Mystical
. Action 332
19-40 An Exposition of the Particular Definition of the
. Sacraments 332
41-52 On the Conjunction of the Signs & the Things Signified
. in the Sacraments 333
53-68 Of the Perception of the Signs & the Things Signified
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69-76 A Collation of the Old & New Sacraments 337
77-86 Of the Sacramental Forms of Speaking 339
87 Of the Number of the Christian Sacraments 341
88-89 Of Baptism 341
90-91 Of External Baptism 342
92-100 Of the Things Signified in Baptism 342
101 Of the Antiype in Baptism 343
102-113 An Analytical Tract on Baptism 343
114-160 Various Questions on Baptism 344
[sic] 162-167 Of the Lord’s Supper & the Various Names of it
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168-202 Of the Lord’s Supper Itself 352
203-237 On the Explication of the Words, ‘This is my Body’ &
. ‘This is my Blood’ 356
238-249 Various Questions on the Lord’s Supper 363
11. The Life of John Calvin Accurately Described 365 The years are in the margins.
The Testament of John Calvin 383
A Catalogue of Books Written by John Calvin 388
12. A Short Book of Theodore the Presbyter of Rhaithu Against Some Heresies Now & Formerly Opposing the Hypostatic Union of the Two Natures in Christ, now set forth First in Greek & Made into Latin [in Parallel Columns] by Theodore Beza of Vezel, to which is Adjoined a Collation of the Same Heresies with the Recently Agitated Controversies on the Same Thing 390
Theodore of Raithu (fl. late 6th or early 7th century) was a Christian theologian, considered the last of the Neo-Chalcedonians. The book translated here is Προπαρασκευή, The Preparation, also sometimes known as Basic Indoctrination.
Intro 390
The Opinion of Mani 391
The Opinion of Paul of Samosota 391
The Opinion of Apollinarius 391
The Opinion of Theodore of Mopsuestia 392
The Opinion of Nestorius 392
The Opinion of Eutyches 392
The [True] Definition of the Church [about Christ] 393
An Explication of the Definition 393
The Opinion of Julian 396
The Opinion of Severus & the Definition of the Church 396-8
To the Reader 398
A Sum [Collation] of the Orthodox Doctrine on the Two Natures in Christ by the Hypostatic Union [by Beza] 399-401
13. A Most Complete Tract on the Doctrine & True Use of Predestination, out of Lectures of Theodore Beza on the 9th Chapter of the Letter to the Romans 402
Prolegomena 402
A Table 403
In What Way God may use the Will of Man? 407
Of the Fall of the Angels & the First Men 410
On Romans 9 [verse by verse] 413
On the Use of the Doctrine of Predestination that Pertains to Ministers of the Word of God & Others Judging of Others 436
Theses on Justification 437
Theses on Predestination 438
Theses on the Particular Application of Predestination to the Elect… 439
Theses on the Application of the Doctrine of Reprobation to the Reprobate 439
To the Christian Reader 440
Excertps from The Bondage of the Will by Luther 440
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1600’s
Voet, Gisbert – A Syllabus of Theological Problems, which, for the Needed Thing to be Proposed or Pressed, are Accustomed to be Used in Private & Public Exercises of Disputations, Examinations, Gatherings & Consultations… First Part (Utrecht, 1643) 530 pages No page numbers Abbreviations No further parts are online.
Part 1, Of Theology,
Containing what Ought to be Believed
1st Section, The Precognitions, End, Principle & Subject of Theology, even God, with his External Common Works & their Opposites
Tract 1, Of the Precognitions & Principles of Theology
I. Of Theology
1. Natural Theology
2. Supernatural Theology
Appendices:
Creedal Theology [Not found]
Scholastic Theology [Mixed in with the Above]
II. Of the Chief Good or of Blessedness
Controversies of the 1st Kind
Controversies of the 2nd Kind
. The Ultimate End of Man in Common
. The Formal Rule of Blessedness
. The Object & Requisites
. The Attainment of Blessedness,
. The Adjuncts, Cognates & Opposites
III. Of the Principles of Christian Dogmas
1. Divinity & Authority of Scripture
Controversies with Outsiders, from Faith
With Papists & Other of the Heterodox
of the Second Kind
Corollaries
2. The Necessity of Scripture
3. The Canonical & Apocryphal Books
. Appendix: Apostles’ Creed
. On the Use & Abuse of the Apocryphal Books
4. Integrity & Perfection of Scripture
5. Traditions
6. Perspicuity of Scripture
7. Reading of Sacred Scripture
8. The Authentic Edition & Translation
. Appendix on Sacred Criticism
9. The Real Interpretation & Sense
10. The Judge of Controversies
. On the [Pontifical] Circle
11. The Fathers & Ecclesiastical Writings
Tract 2, On God, the Names & Attributes of God, the Trinity of Persons & the Immanent Decrees or Actions of God
1. Existence & Nature [Quidditate] of God, Whether there may be a God?
. What is God?
2. Names of God in General & Specific
3. Attributes of God in General
4. Attributes of God in Specific
1st Kind
(1) Unity of God
(2) Primacy
(3) Simplicity
(4) Perfection
(5) Infinity
(6) Immensity
(7) Eternity
(8) Invisibility & Incomprehensibility
(9) Immutability
2nd Kind
(1) Intellect or Knowledge [Scientia] of God
. Appendix: Of Ideas in God
(2) Will of God
(3) Grace of God
(4) Mercy of God
(5) Righteousness of God
. Appendix: On the Right of God
(6) Veracity of God
. Appendix: Of Falsity
(7) Power of God
(8) Goodness of God
(9) Love of God
Appendix: Hatred & Wrath of God
(10) Patience of God
(11) Majesty of God
(12) Glory of God
(13) Life of God
(14) Blessedness of God
1. Of the Equality, Mutual Relation & Order of Persons & Personal Notions, likewise of the Ways of Speaking & Corollaries
2. Of the Divine Relations [Not explicitly subtitled]
3. Of the Divine Notions, Powers & Notional Acts in General
4. Of the Procession & Origin of the Divine Persons
5. Of the Notional Acts, where is in specific of the Generating Power
6. Of the Giving & Mission of the Divine Persons; in Specific:
(1) Of the Person of the Father
(2) Of the Person of the Son
(3) Of the Person of the Holy Spirit
[Sic] V. Of the Decrees or the Immanent Actions of God
I. Of Creation & the Works of the Six Days
1. Creation in General
2. The Creature in General
3. The World
4. The Works of the 1st Day
Of Heaven
Appendix of Philosophical Questions
Of the Land
Of the Light of the First Day
Further Philosophical Questions
On Privation [in mostly Philosophical Matters]
5. The Works of the 2nd Day
6. The Works of the 3rd Day
The Land, the Dry Land Especially
Appendix: Questions of Physics & Geography:
On Water
On Floods
On Plants
On Physics
On Fossils
On Hell
On Paradise [Relating to Eden]
On Stars (Philosophical, More Theological)
On Planets (Physical & Astronomical, including the Sun & Moon)
On the Effects & Consequences of the Stars
On Motion
On Daylight & Light, & Phases or Appearances from there Arising
Of Heat
On Occult Influences
On Time
On Animals in General
On Fish & Birds
Of Land Animals
Of Man in General
Of the Body
Of the Spirit
Of the Union of the Soul to the Body
Philsoophial Questions:
. On the Powers or Faculties of the Soul
. On the Intellect, or the Human Mind
. On the Conscience
. On Appetite in General
. On Sensation
. Of the Will
. Of the Principles of Existance, or of the
. Rise of Man
. Of the Generation of Man
. Of the Proper Adjuncts & Effects of Man, which they are accustomed to attribute to the account of the soul, the body or the total composite
II. Of Angels
Whether Angels may Exist & were Created?
What they Are
Of What Qualities are they on Account of their Properties?
Of What Qualities are they on Account of their Intellect? & its Mode & Object
Of the Will
On Account of their Affections, Power, Actions & Adjuncts
2. Of the Good Angels in Specific
. Intellect, Will, Power, Actions & Adjuncts
Appendices:
(1) Of the Guardianship of Angels
(2) Of the Order of the Angels & Heavenly Hierarchy
(3) Containing Cases about Interactions with Good Angels
3. Of Evil Angels
. Species & Object, Intellect, Will & Affections
. Power & Actions
Appendices:
(1) Of Spectres, & Antidotes to Them
(2) Of the Possessed [Energumenis]
. Practical-Moral Problems
. Practical-Ascetic Problems
. Political, Medical-Theological
. Textual, Historical
. From Novelties of Historical Churches
(3) Of the Divisions & Orders of Demons
(4) Cases & Counsels about the Nature, Qualities & Operations of Evil Angels
III. Of the Conservation & Providence of God
1. Of Providence in General
2. Of Providence in Specific: of Conservation
. Of Annihilation
3. Of Providence Strictly So-Called, or of Governance
. The Object of it
. Acts of Providence: of Premotion & Concursus
. The Mode of Operating
. About Rational Creatures
. About Man (Animal & Civil Life, Eternal Life, Marriage, Public Things, Wars)
. Physical Acts Before & After Conversion
. Moral Acts around Salvation
. About Irrational Creatures
. An Indirect Act, or of Permission
. Further are these
[Sic] 5. Of Adjuncts & Consequences of Providence
. Of Necessity & Contingency
. Of Chance, Fortune & Fate
. Of the Use & Practice of this Doctrine
First Table, Exhibiting the False Judgments or Opinions of Papists, Remonstrants, Socinians & Anabaptists…
1. Of the Children of Covenanted Parents being Damned if they are not indeed Baptized
2. Of the Inclination of Man to Evil Before the Fall
3. Of Mortality, Not being the Punishment of Sin
6. Of the Annihilation of the Body & the Mortality of the Soul
The Third Table, Exhibiting the True Judgments of the Papists, Lutherans & Remonstrants
1. On Original Sin & the Enslaved Will
2. On the Efficacy & Necessity of Grace in Conversion
3. On Putting Away Works from Justification & of the Right to Eternal Life
4. Of the Certainty of Salvation
5. Of Imperfection in this Life
6. Of Providence
7. Of Predestination & Reprobation
8. Of the State of Infants
9. Of the Foreknowledge of God & the Necessity of Consequence
10. Of the Efficacy of the Providence of God in Evil
IV. Of the Image of God, the Fall, Free Choice, etc.
1. Of the State of Integrity
(1) Of the Image of God Absolutely
(2) Of the Image of God in the Subject
(i) in Christ
(ii) in the Angels
(iii) in Man
(3) In Which Things the Image of God Consists
(i) Nature
(ii) Rectitude, or Supernatural Gifts
(iii) Dominion
(iv) Immortality
[Sic] (5) A Consideration of the Image of God in Man according to the Various States
(i) Image of God in Man Considered as far as the State of Innocence
(ii) First Man Considered Apart from Righteousness
(iii) Of the Powers of Man Apart from Righteousness
(iv) Of the Powers of Man Considered with Righteousness
(v) Whether the Image may have been in the Intellect?
(vii) Of Gifts
Appendix:
Of the Condition of the Progeny to be Born as far as the State of Innocence
Of the Image of God in Man After the Fall in the State of Destitution & Restitution Considered
Of the Image of God in Inferior Creatures
Tract 4, Of the Misery of Man, or of the State of Sin
Of the Cause of the Fall
In which the Fall Consisted
Of the Greatness & Weight
Of Other Adjuncts, of the Necessity & Possibility
Of the Effects & Consequences
III. Of Sin
Of Evil
Of the Nature of Sin
Of the Subject of Sin
Of the Causes of Sin (General, Internal, External)
Of the Adjuncts of Sin
Of the Effects & Consequences of Sin
Of the Dividing of Sin
Whether it may be? & What it is?
Of the Subject
Of the Causes & the Propagation
Of the Adjuncts & Effects
Of the Distinctions of Actual Sin in General
The Distinctions in Specific; of Participating in Sin
Of the Use of Spiritual Ones
Of the Sin of Omission
Of Reigning Sin
Of Spiritual Sin
Of the Sin of Ignorance, Contra the Consicence, & of Malice
Of Sin Contra Nature
Of Clamorous Sins
On Internal & External Sin, & that of the Mouth & of Work
Of Sins of Induration & Security
Of the Sin Against the Holy Spirit
. Nature, Subject & Object
. Causes, Adjuncts, Division
Of Backsliding Sin, or of Spiritual Backsliding
Appendices:
(1) Of Venial Sin
(2) Of the Seven Deadly [Capitalibus] Sins
IV. Of the Punishments of Sins in General
Subject, Object, Causes
End, Adjuncts & Effects
Opposites: Remission
. Of Change & Mitigation
2. Of the Punishments & All General, Direct Evils in Specific
. In this Life
. After this Life (See below on the 4 Last Things)
Appendices:
(1) Of Vanity & Human Misery
. Inward
. Outward, or of the Body
(2) Of the Infelicity & Dishonor of the Impious
(3) Of the Cross of the Pious
(4) Of the Persecution of the Church (See Below in the Tract on the Church)
(5) Of the Judgments of God
2nd Section, Of Redemption
Tract 1, Of the Works of Redemption, or of God the Redeemer in General
I. Of Redemption & God the Redeemer
1. Of Predestination in General
2. Of Election
. Appendix: On the Book of Life
3. On Reprobation
III. Of the Covenants & the Gospel, & its Comparison with the Law
1. Of the Covenants in General
2. Of the Law, or the Covenant of Works
. Of the End
3. Of the Covenant of Grace
4. Of the Dispensation of the New Covenant in the Old Testament from Adam to Christ, Exhibited
Of the Old Testament, General Questions
Of the Mode of the Dispensation from Abraham unto Moses
Exhibited from Moses unto Christ
5. Of the Mode of the Dispensation of the New Covenant after Christ, Exhibited, or of the Gospel
1-2 Commandments
3-7 Commandments
8 & 10 Commandments
Appendix: On the Title of the Covenants: of the Divine Promises
Tract 2, Of the Person, Offices & States of Christ the Mediator
I. Of the Person of Christ the Mediator
1. Of the Assumption & Union of the Human Nature
Of the Person Assuming
Of the Human Nature Assumed
Of the Mode of the Assumption, as far as the
. Order
Of the Conception & Bearing
Of the Incarnation
Of the Hypostatic Union
Of the Birth & Nativity
Of Mary the Mother of Christ
Of the Circumstances of the Nativity of Christ
Of the Concomitants, Antecedents &
. Especially of the Magi
Of the Star of the Magi
2. On the Consequences & Effects of the Union
Of Christ, Theanthropos
Of the Communication of Properties
Of Those Things which are Convenient to Christ by Reason of the Human Nature
Of the Knowledge [Scientia] of Christ &
. his Ignorance
Of the Power of the Soul of Christ
Of the Defects of the Body
Of the Defects of the Soul
On the Will of Christ
II. Of the Offices of Christ the Mediator
1. Of the Mediator & the Office of the Mediator in
. General
2. Of the Prophetic Office
3. Of the Priestly Office
Of the Presupposed Condition of the Priestly Office, which is on the Obedience of Christ to the Law
Of the Second Part of Christ the Priest, even Intercession
Appendix: On Melchizedek
4. Of the Kingship of Christ
. Of Christ the Judge
III. Of the States of Christ the Mediator
Of his Life [Conversatione]
Of the Temptation
Of his Sufferings in General
Of Just Before the Passion, & of the Agony of
. Christ
Of the Prayer in Agony
Of the Death of Christ
Of the Piercing of the Side of Christ
Of the Killers of Christ
Of the Cross
Of the Swooning of Mary
Of the Burial
Of the Descent to Inferos
In General
Of the Transfiguration
Of the Resurrection
Of the Ascension of Christ
Of the Session at the Right Hand of the
. Father
Appendix: On the Collation of the Types of Christ with its Archetype
Of the First Adam with Christ
Of Melchizedek with Christ (See the Appendix to the Priesthood)
Of Moses with Christ
Of David with Christ
Of Solomon with Christ
On the Messiah Contra the Jews
What Sort the Messiah would be
Whether the Messiah may have Come?
Whether Christ may be that Messiah?
I. Of the Accomplishment of Salvation
1. Of the Obedience, Satisfaction & Merit of Christ
Of the Types of the Satisfaction of Christ
On the End to Which of the Satisfaction & Merit (including Sufficiency & Efficiency)
2. Of Human Satisfactions (with many absurd questions, including about Purgatory, Intercessions for the Dead, Indulgences, Release from Purgatory, Vows, Things Vowed & Pilgrimages)
II. Of the Application of Salvation, or of the Applied Grace of God in General
1. Grace
. Of the Division & Cause of Grace
2. The Subject & Antecedents of the Application, that is, of the State of the Elect before Conversion
. Some Problems More Hypothetical
3. The Salvation of Infants
Of Any & All Infants
Of Infants of Infidels
Of Infants of the Faithful in General
Of Elect Infants of the Faithful
Of Infants of the Faithful Dying Before the
. Use of Reason
Absurd & Inept Questions of Papists
Appendix: Of Retards, the Insane & the Deaf
4. Of Calling, Regeneration & Conversion
Of Calling
Of Regeneration
. Essence & Cause
. Adjuncts & Effects
Of Regeneration in the Second Moment, or of
. the Actual Conversion of a Sinner
Appendix: Of the Perfection of Regeneration Following & of the Perfection of Sanctification in Death or After Death
5. Of Repentance, Penance, etc.
Appendix: Absurd, Inept & Curious Questions of the Papists
. On Penance in General
. On the Sacrament of Penance (& as it is
. Virtue & of its Effect)
6. Faith
On the Origin of Faith
Of the Form or Essence of Faith
Of the Receiving Subject of Faith
. What, or of Those Having Faith
. By Which
Of the Occupying Subject of Faith, or of the
. Object
Of the Properties & Effects of Faith
Of the Perseverance of Faith & of the Saints
Of the Acts of Faith (Internal & External, or of
. Confession)
Of the Effects & Opposites of Faith
7. Union & Communion with Christ
8. Reconciliation & the Remission of Sins
9 . Justification
As to the Term
Of Justification in General
Of the Causes of Justification
Of the Active & Passive Righteousness of
. Christ
Of the Distinction of Justification into Active &
. Passive
10. Adoption
11. Sanctification
12. Of the Dignity, Liberty, Glory & the Privileges of the Sons of God
. In General
. In Specific, in the New Testament After the
. Appearing of Christ
Tract 4, Of the Church
Of its Definition & Nature
Of the Cause & Subject, or Material of the
. Church
Of the Adjuncts & Properties
Of the Divisions or Distinctions of the Church
2. The Head of the Church, the Roman Pope & The Antichrist
Of Christ the Sole Head of the Church, & of
. the Roman Pope
Of The Antichrist
3. Of the Visible Church & its Marks
. Appendix: Of the Parts & Members of the
. Visible Church, even of Ecclesiastical
. Ministers, Government, Censures, etc.
4. Of the Church Before the Fall & After the Fall in the O.T.
Of the Church Before the Fall
From the Fall to Christ in General
Of the Church of the Patriarchs Until Moses
In Specific, Under Moses, the Judges, the
. Kings & After the Captivity
In General
Of the Apostolic Church
Of the Ancient Church
Of the Medieval [Intermedia] Church
Of the 3rd Age [Aetate]
7. The Church Having Been Reforming
In General
Of the Ancient: of the Waldenses & the
. Bohemians
Of Recent Times, from Luther, in General
Of the Ancient, Protestant German Church, unto the Schism through the Book of Concord
Of the Anglican Church
Of the Swiss, French, Scottish, Belgic, Polish, Bohemian, Hungarian, Transylvanian & Numerous German Churches
II. Of the Tyrannical & Violent Enemies of the Church
III. Of the Opposites of the Church: of the Heterodox & Other Turbulent Persons
1. Of Apostates & Heretics in General
2. Of Atheism & Atheists
3. Of Heathenism & the Conversion of the Heathens
. Of Heathenism in General
. Of the Heathenism of the Ancient Time, or of
. the O.T.
. Before the Flood & From There unto Moses
. From Moses to the Apostles
. Of the Calling & Conversion of the Heathens
4. Judaism
Of the Defection & State of the Jews
Of the Adjuncts & Cognates of Judaism
Of the Distinction of Judaism
Of the Conversion of the Jews
Appendices:
(1) Of the Samaritans
(2) Of the Ancient Sects of the Jews
(3) Of the Ancient & Modern Semi-Judaizers
5. Of Mohommedism
6. Of the Ancient Heretics (Ebionites, Cerenthians, Valentinians, Marcionites, Manichees; Arians, Eunomians, Nestorians, Pelagians, etc.)
7. Of the Modern Enthusiasts & Libertines
In General
Of the Henry-Nicolatians
Of the David-Jorists
Of the Zwenckfeldians
Of the Franckists, of Ezekiel Metz, etc.
Appendix: On the Semi-Libertines, the
. Libertine Sects & the German Interim &
. the Intermisters
Of the Anabaptists
Of the Neo-Arians, named the Socinians
Of the Remonstrants in Belgium
Appendix: On the Doctrine of Conrad Vorsti
1. Of Schism & Schismatics, by whatever way they
. Illegitamately Secede
In General
Of the Errors & Schism of the Neo-Lutherans
. On Some Intestine Contentions
Of the English Separatists, commonly called
. Brownists or Barrowists
2. Of Moderates, the Tepid & Syncretists
3. Of the Disorderly, those Lax in Discipline, of
. Scandalizers & those Scandalized
Tract 5, Of Signs [Miracles, Prophecy, Sacrifices, Sacraments, etc.]
I. Of the Nature of a Miracle, of Displaying Things & Portents
. Appendix: On Terrifying Panic
II. On Signs of the Times & Premonitions of Death
III. On Miracles
1. On the Essence & Cause of a Miracle
[2. is Skipped]
3. Of Miracles in Particular
Appendices:
On the Girl of Aurelia
On Faith & the Gift of Miracles
IV. Of Prophecy
(1) Of its Nature & the Definition of ‘Prophecy’
(2) Of the Subjects & Causes of Prophecy
(3) Of the Peculiarities, Adjuncts & Signs of Prophecy
(4) Of the Divisions of Prophecy
2. Of Rapture & Ecstacy
3. Of External Visions, or Apparitions
3. [sic] Of the Opposites of Prophecy
4. Of the Prophets in Specific
1. Of the Charismatic Gifts in General
2. Of the Charismatic Gifts in Specific (of Miracles, Healings, Exorcism, Prophecy, Languages & Interpretation)
VI. Of Types, Ceremonies & Sacrifices
1. Of the Types & Ceremonies in General
2. Of Sacrifices, Priests, the Fire of the Sacrifices & Altars
VII. Of the Sacraments
1. Of Sacraments in General (Their Necessity, Cause, Efficacy & Effect, Absurd Questions about them, & their Number)
Appendix: Many Absurf & Inept Questions on the 5 False Sacraments
On Contrition of the Heart (Of the Object, Quality, Time, Adjuncts & Effect)
On the Confession of the Mouth (Of its Necessity, Nature, Quality, Effect, Seal & Reservation of Fallings, etc.)
(2) On Confirmation
(3) On Extreme Unction
(4) On Marriage
(5) Of Orders
Appendix: On the Ministers of the Sacraments
2. On Circumcision
. Appendix: On the Circumcision of Christ
3. On the Passover, or the Paschal Lamb
4. Of Baptism (Efficacy, Effect, Subject & Adjuncts of)
On Anabaptism
On the Minister of Baptism
On the Elements, Rites & Circumstances of Baptism
On the Baptism of John
Many Inept Questions on the Baptism of Christ
On Transubstantiation & Consubstantiation
On the Mass-Sacrifice
VIII. On the Testings of Spirits
Tract 6, Of the Four Last Things
I. On Death
1. On Death in General (on its Nature, Causes, Subject, Adjuncts, Properties, Miracles & Rare Events around it, & Premonitions of)
2. On Death in Specific, of the Pious & Impious
(1) On Mourning for the Dead
(2) On Honoring the Dead & of Burial
(3) On a Particular Judgment of the Soul in Death, or After Death
II. Of the State of the Soul After Death
1. Of the Common State of the Pious & Impious
Of the Immortality of the Soul
On the Life & Operations of the Separated Soul
On the Knowledge of the Separated Soul
On the Adjuncts, Properties & Affections of the Separated Soul
Appendices:
(1) On Psychopannychia [Soul-Sleep]
(2) On Metempsuchosei, or the Transmigration of Souls
(3) On the Wandering of Souls
2. Of the Separated Soul in Specific
On the Separated Soul of the Blessed (Place, Felicity, Intellect & Will)
On the Separated Soul of the Damned (Place & Punishment)
Appendix: On Spectres, or Apparitions of Souls
3. On the Limbos (of the Fathers & of Infants)
4. Of Purgatory (On its Essence & Nature, Site & Place, Punishments, Duration, Relaxation of Punishment, Liberation out of, its Torturers & of the Condition of the Souls in it)
(1) Of the Repose, Refreshment & Sight of Blessed Souls
(2) Whether there be a Passage through Fire Burning to the Last Day?
(3) Of Prayers & Intercessions for the Dead
III. Of the State of the Body After Death & of the Resurrection
1. Of the Intermediate State of the Body in General, or of the Cadaver (Before & After the Whole Dissolution of it)
2. On the State of the Body in Specific (Of the Blessed & Damned)
3. Of the Resurrection (Knowledge of the Resurrection, on Whether & What it may be, on the Subject & Objection of it & of its Causes)
(1) Of the Living at the Last Day
(2) Of Others Not Having Died, such as Enoch & Elijah
(3) Of those that Died Twice
(4) Of the Resurrection of the Martyrs, Rev. 20 [& Premillennialism]
IV. The Coming unto Judgment & the End of the World
1. Of the Last Coming of Christ (Whether He may be Coming, From Where, What Place & in What Way, the Time of it, the Signs of it & its Effects & Consequences)
2. Of the Millennial Reign & Many Questions Inept & Absurd
3. Of the Last Judgment (Of the Judge, those Judged, the Place, Time, Way & Form)
4. Of the End of the World (Whether it may be, When, the Way, & of the Cleansing Fire or of the Conflagaration of the World)
1. Of Life Eternal (its Essence, the Beatific Vision & its Mode, & the Adjuncts & Properties of Eternal Life)
2. Of the Heaven of the Blessed
Appendix: Of the Blessedness & State of the Angels (in General & Before & After the Judgment)
VI. Of Eternal Death
1. Of the State of Eternal Death After the Judgment (in General, as to the Soul, Will, Intellect & Body)
2. Of Hell (Existence, Place & Situation, Hell-Fire, Whether there is Infernal Refreshment?)
Appendix: On Hell & the State of the Damned (in General & Before & After the Judgment)
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Forbes, John – Historical & Theological Instructions on Christian Doctrine, the Varied State of Things, on the Errors & Controversies that have Arisen… (Amsterdam, 1645) Extended Table of contents This work was commended by Polyander, Trigland, Spanheim, Voet, Maets, Hoornbeeck, Cloppenburg, Coccejus and Maresius, as well as Gerhard Vossi, an Arminian.
Forbes (1593-1648) was one of the Scottish Aberdeen doctors. He held to episcopacy, defended the Five Articles of Perth (which introduced five innovations in worship) and argued that the Scottish National Covenant (1638) was unlawful.
This work of his gained him the reputation of being one of the greatest theologians of the reformed Church. The covenanters ‘acknowledged his orthodoxy and high Christian character’, according to the DNB. Rutherford critiques him in Divine Right of Church Government (1646) on pp. 652-3 and in the Appendix on kneeling for the Lord’s Supper and the nature of indifferent matters and Church authority.
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Brief Table of Contents
1. Of God 1
2. Of the Mystery of the Incarnation 77
3. Of the Variegated Condition of the Churches, & many heresies & dissensions, of the 5th Ecumenical Council & of some other Councils, & then so far of the state of things after the Chalcedonian Council up to the time Emperor Heracles, & of the Political Government of Italy up until Charles the Great 96
4. Of Mohammed, & of his Impiety and Sects, & of Holy War & some other Wars 173
5. Of the Monothelites, & of Honorius, the Roman Pope, a Monothelite Heretic 222
6. Contra the Heresy of the Adoptionists 292
7. Of the Object of Religious Worship, & of the 7th & 8th Called Ecumenical Synods 301
8. Of the Pelagian Heresy, & its remnants: where is of the grace of God & the Free Choice of Man & some connected questions 373
9. Of the Sacraments in General, where is of the nature, efficacy & number of the Sacraments of the New Testament 441
10. Of Baptism, contra the errors of the Donatists, Papists & Some Others 473
11. Of the Eucharist 533
12. Of Repentance, & some Connected Questions contra the Errors of the Gnostics, the Most Blessed, the Libertines, Novatians, the Papists, etc. 625
13. Of Pugatory & of Votes for the Expired 670
14. Of the Unity of the Church, & of Schism 708
15. Of the Primacy of the Apostle Peter 734
16. Of the Successors of Peter & the Other Apostles 754
Maresius, Samuel – A New Synopsis of Elenctic Theology, or an Index of the Controversies of Faith out of the Sacred Scriptures, vol. 1, 2 (1646-7) Extended ToC 1 & 2
Maresius (1599-1673)
Table of Contents
Vol. 1
1. On God 1
2. On the Word of God 14
3. On the Trinity 75
4. On Christ 94
5. On the Church of Christ Battling on the Earth 152
6. On the Roman Pontiff 192
7. On the General Councils 269
8. On the Pastors of the Church 293
9. On Monastics & Pseudo Religionists 362
10. On Political Princes 415
11. On the State of the First Parents & Original Sin 461
12. On Actual Sins & the Cause of Sins 545
Vol. 2
13. On Free Choice & Predestination 1
14. On Grace 137
15. On Justification 217
16. On Merit 348
17. On Prayer, Fasting & Alms 395
18. On Sacraments & Sacramental Things 452
19. On Baptism 534
20. On Confirmation 570
21. On the Eucharist 583
22. On the Sacrifice of the Mass 695
23. On Repentance 769
24. On Indulgences 818
25. On Extreme Unction 837
26. On Ordination 856
27. On Marriage 874
28. On the Immortality of the Soul & the Resurrection of Bodies 918
29. On Purgatory & Hell 941
30. On Heaven, Heavenly Things [or Persons] & the Worship of Them 979
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Alting, J. Henricus
The Scriptural Theology of Heidelberg, vol. 1, containing Didactic & then Elenctic Common Places (Freistad [= Amsterdam], 1646)
Table of Contents
1. Of Elenctic Theology in General 257
2. Of the Principle of Theology, the Word of God 266
3. Of God 328
4. Of Predestination 376
5. Of Creation 412
6. Of Providence 421
7. Of the Law 424
8. Of Sin & Free Will 449
9. Of the Punishment of Sin 474
10. Of the Person & Office of Christ 477
11. Of the Church 580
12. Of the Sacraments 593
13. Of Internal Calling and Justifying Faith 632
14. Of Justification 661
15. Of Sanctification 686
16. Of Glorification 693
Table of Contents
A Syllabus of Controversies with the Lutherans
Part 1, Controversies About Doctrine
1.Of the Supper of the Lord. 3 Questions 142
2. Of the Person of Christ 177
3. Of Providence 214
4. Of Predestination, 5 Questions 225
5. Of Baptism 253
Part 2, Controversies About Ceremonies
1. Of the Discrepancy of Rituals in the Administration of Baptism & the Supper, 3 Questions 261
2. Of Other Certain Rituals 274
3. Of the Furnishing [Images & Organs] of Church Buildings 278
A New Elenctic Theology, or a System of Elenctics (Amsterdam, 1654) Detailed table of contents
Prolegomena
1. Of the Nature of Theology 1
2. Of the Principle of Theology, Sacred Scripture 30
3. Of God 84
4. Of the Decrees of God & his Eternal Predestination 191
5. Of Creation 265
6. Of Providence 287
7. Of Sin in General & in Specific 320
8. Of Free Choice 355
9. Of the Punishment of Sin 384
10. Of the Law of God 402
11. Of the Gospel, or of the Covenant of Grace 455
12. Of the Person & Office of Christ 483
13. Of the Church 508
14. Of the Word & Sacraments 544
15. Of the Government of the Church: Ecclesiastical & Civil 641
16. Of Calling & Faith 712
17. Of Justification 734
18. Of Sanctification 778
19. Of Perseverance 811
20. Of Glorification 825
Appendix on the Syncretism of Religion 837-866
Wettstein, Gernler & Buxtorf – A Syllabus of Controversies in Religion which come between the Orthodox Churches & whatever other Adversaries… (Basil, 1662) No ToC
The work goes through 20 chapters in the order of systematic theology. Each chapter has around 7-47 questions which state the issue, and then either affirms it or denies it, while stating the positions of the adversaries. No further discussion is included.
The material was intended to provide disputation topics for students in the theological academy at Basil.
Table of Contents
1. Theology & Religion in General 3
2. The Principle of Theology: Sacred Scripture 4
3. God 9
4. Decrees of God & Predestination 13
5. Creation & the State of Creation 16
6. Providence 19
7. Law 21
8. Sin, Free Choice & the Punishment of Sin 26
9. Covenant of Grace 30
10. Person of Christ & the Incarnation 32
11. Office of Christ & of Both States 35
12. External Calling, where is of the Gospel & the Sacraments in General 41
13. Baptism 45
14. Sacred Supper 48
15. Internal Calling & Faith 54
16. Justification 56
17. Sanctification & Good Works 60
18. Glorification & Heads Deduced from it 64
19. Nature of the Church 68
20. External Government of the Church 75
Hoornbeek, Johannes
On the Conversion of the Indians & Heathens, in Two Books (Amsterdam, 1669) ToC 259 pp.
A Sum of Controversies in Religion with Infidels, Heretics & Schismatics (Utrecht, 1653; 1676) Index
Table of Contents
Dissertation on Controversies & Theological Disputations 1
1. Of Gentilism 56
2. Of Judaism 62
3. Of Mohammedism 70
4. Of Papalism 192
5. Of Anabaptism 330
6. Of Enthusiasts & Libertines, etc. 378
7. Of Socinianism 562
8. Of Remonstrants [Arminians] 575
9. Of Lutherans 608
10. Of Brownists, etc. 738
11. Of Greeks & Orientals 833
Addenda: The Judgment of the Theological Faculty in the Academy of Leiden on the Sects of the Brothers of the Rose-Cross 993
Prideaux, John – Manuductio ad Theologiam Polemicam [An Introduction to Polemical Theology] Ref (1657) 255 pp.
Spanheim, Jr., Frederic – A Historical-Theological Chain of Select Controversies on Religion, even with the Greeks, Orientals, Jews & the Recent Anti-Scripturalists [Rationalists] [Plus Many Other Sects], in which the Fonts of Errors are Opened (Leiden, 1683/1687) Extended ToC More Extended ToC
Spanheim, Jr. (1632-1701) was a German reformed professor of theology at Heidelberg and Leiden, and son of Frederic Spanheim, Sr. (d. 1649).
In most of the chapters, Spanheim first lays out historical preconsiderations as to the reason and rise of the controversy, and then, under the False Principles, he usually, briefly, goes through the subjects of systematic theology, expounding and refuting their particular errors.
Brief Table of Contents
Select Controversies with Papists 35
Historical Prolegomena 35
On the False Principles 61
Appendix: On the Papal Antichrist
The Principal Controversies with Anabaptists & Fanatics 95
Historical Prolegomena 95
Of the False Religious Principles 101
Appendix: On the Pattern [Momento] of the Errors of the Anabaptists 130
The Principal Controversies with Socinians & Anti-Trinitarians 132
Historical Prolgomena 132
Of the False Principle 140
The Principal Controversies with Today’s Arminians & Remonstrants 218
Historical Prolegomena 218
Of the False Principles 238
Appendix: A Dissertation having Newly Refuted what [Claude] Pajonists Call Immediate Grace: On the New Controversy in France about the Mode of the Operation of the Holy Spirit in Conversion 285
On the Occassion of the Anti-Remonstrant Controversy 285
State of the Question 288
Conclusion on the Importance of the Thing 298
Andrew Rivet, from his Last Hours 304
The Principle Controversies with Augsburgians [Lutherans], Commonly Called Confessional Theologians 305
Historical Prolegomena & Preconsiderations 305
Significant Controversies on the Lord’s Supper, from which begun the Schisms 335
Of the Providence of God, Predestination & Related Heads 339
On the Person of Christ, Theanthropos 355
Of Baptism 360
On Some Rites Not Wholly Indifferent 363
Of Mutual Tolerance Between Evangelicals 367
Select Controversies with Modern Greeks & the Oriental Church; a Historical Dissertation on the State of the Oriental Church & the Dissension from the Latin or Pontifical Church 369
The Greek Church which is Spoken of 369
The Genuine Greeks from the Spurious Distinguished 370
The Judgment on the Greeks which the Latins Made of Them 372
Of Gennadius Scholarius [c.1400–c.1473] 375
Of those called Melkites 384
Of the Georgians & the Mingrelians 385
Of the Jurisdiction of the Father of Constantinople 387
Of the Remaining Patriarchs 390
The Fifth Held Patriarch by the Greeks 390
What the Controversies are with the Greeks 391
The Fundamental Doctrine of Them 394
Even of the Nestorians 395
Of the Latinizing of Them 396
The Jacobites, the Monophysites 398
Their Dissent from the Papists 400
The Maronites 401
The Armenians 402
Whether they Believe in Transubstantiation? 406
Of the Oriental Liturgies 407
What Agreement there may be with the Papists in Appearance 409
The Disagreement from the Latins set forth in a Proposition 410
What Greeks were Against the Latins through the Centuries 411
Through the 11th-12th Centuries 413
Through the 13th & 14th Centuries 414
Through the 15th Century, Before & After the Florentine Union 417
The Latins Contra the Greeks 419
The Dissent of the Greeks [from the Latins] in Doctrine 422
The Dissent in Rites 428
The Dissent in Ecclesiastical Discipline 434
Controversies with the Greeks, even the pure ones, or the Melkites, besides those which are on the Person of Christ especially with the Jacobites [Monophysites] & Nestorians
On the Person of the Holy Spirit; On the Procession of the Holy Spirit from only the Father, & of the Addition of the Term, ‘Filioque’ 437
Of the Religious Worship of Creatures; on the Religious Worship of Pictorial Images 439
On the Invocation of Saints as Intercessors with God 442
Of the Person of Christ; on the Unity of the Person of Christ, Theanthropos, and of the Error of the Nestorians 444
Of the Distinction of Natures & then the Will in Christ & on the Council of Chalcedon 445
On Good Works & on the Power unto a Good Work; on the worthiness of works from congruency and a disposition unto grace 447
On Fastings & Abstinence from Certain Foods; on the States of Fastings, & of the Reason & Necessity of Them 449
On Abstinence from a Suffocated Thing & Blood 452
Of Feast Days; on the Necessity of Feasts, even in Honor of the Creatures 454
On Confession to a Priest; on Making Private Confession at Certain Times 456
On the Sacraments; on the Absolute Necessity of Baptism 458
On the Seven Sacraments of the Church 459
Of the Changing of the Elements in the Eucharist after the Descending of the Spirit [upon the words of consecration; that is, of transubstantiation] 463
Of Infants being Admitted to the Sacred Supper 466
Of Marriage 467
On Polygamy 469
Of the Last Things; of the State & Place of the Souls of the Faithful & of Prayers & Sacrifices for the Dead 470
Select Controversies with the Infidel Jews 473
Prolegomena on the Causes of Unbelief & the Means of Conversion 473
The Rejection of Them 474
Of their Future Conversion 474
The Two General Means 475
A Number of the Causes of Unbelief with as Many Opposing Remedies; the First Class of the Causes 476
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Remedies Opposing 507
Of the False Theological Principles 528
Of the Talmud 531
Of the Kabbalistic Art 533
Of the True Principle of the Christian Religion; on the Books of the N.T. 536
Of God & the Holy Trinity 538
Of the Holy Trinity 542
Of the Works of Creation; of the Creation of Evil Angels 544
Of the Creation of All Spirits 545
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Controversies with Pseudo-Philosophers, Rationalists, Anti-Scripturalists, etc. 642-95
A Compendious Dissertation on the Author of the Mosaic Books, contra the Writer of the Historical-Critical Old Testament 671
Clauberg, Johann & Martin Hund – Select Disputations, in which Controversies of Faith Against All Kinds of Adversaries (Principally the Socinians & Papists…) are Explicated (Duisberg, 1665)
Clauberg (1622-1665) was a German theologian and philosopher. Clauberg was the founding Rector of the first University of Duisburg, where he taught from 1655 to 1665. He is known as a ‘scholastic Cartesian’. Hund (1624-1666) was a professor of theology at Duisburg from 1655-†1666.
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Table of Contents
Clauberg
Resurrection of the Flesh, 1-3 1
Trinity, 1-12 13
Hund
Word of God, 1-3 98
Power of the Word & Phrases of Sacred Scripture, 1-4 117
Consequences Deducted out of Sacred Scripture,1-11 145
Disputation on the Presupposition of Sacred Scripture 227
Clauberg
Of the Fundamental Truth of Faith, 1-12 242
Of the Novelty of Dogmas in Theology, 1-2 347
Of the End that Ought to be Aimed at in Theology 387
Of the Faith of Antichrist, 1-2 406
Clauberg
Of Oral Chewing, 1-6 424
Of the Multi-Presence of the Body of Christ, 1-3 452
Of the Nature of Liberty, 1-2 477
Of the Distinction of the Divine & Human Intellect 487
Hund
Of the Image of God, 1-7 491
Of the Election of Men to Salvation 530
Of the Testaments & Covenants of God 545
Of the Justification of Man Before God in All his Estate 550
Essenius, Andreas – A Synopsis of Controversial Theology & a Complete Index of the Passages of Sacred Scripture which the Adversaries Use to Seek to Strengthen their Errors & Attack & Deflect the Truth, & are Accustomed to Abuse, being Propounded by a Singular, Brief Method Through their Collections (Utrecht, 1677) 479 pp. There is no table of contents; it goes through the subjects like a systematic theology for 20 chapters in 108 pages; then follows, for most of the volume, the Index of Scripture places, being a commentary on many verses of most of the chapters of the whole Bible, stating and refuting the opinions of sects.
Essenius (1618-1677)
Turretin, Francis
Institutes of Elenctic Theology, vols. 1, 2, 3 (Geneva, 1679-1686; NY, 1847) In English: Buy
Turretin (1623–1687)
Works, vol. 4, Disputations
Table of Contents
On the Necessity of Our Secession from the Church of Rome
1. The State of the Question is Propounded: the Roman Church is Argued to be Heretics 3
2. First Part on Roman Idolatry 31
3. Second Part on Roman Idolatry 53
4. Third Part on Roman Idolatry 77
5. On Roman Tyranny 97
6. On the Romish Babylon 125
7. A Demonstration of the Antichrist 147
8. Objections are Solved 181
A Decade of Miscellaneous Disputations
1. On the Book of Life 207
2. First Part on the Authority of Holy Scripture Against the Papists 233
3. Second Part on the Authority of Holy Scripture 253
4. On the Necessity of Good Works 271
5. On the Three Heavenly Witnesses out of 1 Jn. 5:7 289
6. On the Spirit, the Water and the Blood which Bear Witness in the Earth, out of 1 Jn. 5:8 307
7. Of Baptism out of the Cloud & Water, out of 1 Cor. 10:1-2 325
8. Of Manna, out of 1 Cor. 10:3 341
9. Of the Rock, Christ, out of 1 Cor. 10:4 357
10. Of the Brass Serpent 371
On the Satisfaction of Christ, Disputations 11-23 385-712 Table of Contents
24. A Theological Disputation on the Pontifical Circle 713 [in that the Papists say that one needs the Church to interpret Scripture, and yet the Church is proved out of Scripture]
25. A Textual Exercise on the Harmony of Paul & James on the Article of Justification 731
Rissen, Leonard – A Sum of Didactic & Elenctic Theology, out of Our Theologians, Especially out of Francis Turretin’s Institutes of Theology, so Augmented & Illustrated (Bern, 1676; 1690) Extended Latin ToC
Here is an introduction to the life of Rissen (1636-1700) with his chapter on Justification in English.
Brief Table of Contents
1. Of Theology 2
2. Of Scripture 15
3. Of God 64
4. Of the Most Holy Trinity 98
5. Of the Decrees of God 111
6. Of Predestination 124
7. Of Creation 147
8. Of the Providence of God 186
9. Of the Law & the Fall 203
10. Of the Covenant of Grace 257
11. Of Christ 268
12. Of the Offices of Christ 314
13. Of Conversion & Faith 371
14. Of Justification 411
15. Of the Decalogue & Good Works 456
16. Of the Church 554
17. Of the Sacraments 671
18. Of the Last Things 767
Cloppenburg, Johannes – All the Theological Works, vol. 2 (Elenctic & Christian Sabbath) (Amsterdam, 1684) ToC
Cloppenburg (1592-1652)
Heidegger, Johann H. – The Mound of the Council of Trent… where is a Historical-Theological Anatomy of the Council of Trent… vol. 1, 2 (Zurich: Gessner, 1690) ToC 1, 2
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1700’s
Pictet, Benedict – A Brief Syllabus of Controversies (Geneva, 1711)
Bk. 1, On Controversies Agitated from the Age of the Reformation
1. Of Atheists, Deists & Anti-Scripturalists 1
The Errors of Spinoza 3
Hobbes 9
Edward Herbert 12
The View of David George of Holland 13
Of Libertines 14
2. Of Jews 15
3. Of Mohammedans 29
4. Of the Papists 22
Of the Jansenists 33
On the View of Richard Simon 39
5. On the Anabaptists 40
. On the View of the Schwenckfeldians 47
6. On the View of Weigel & the Weigelians 49
7. Propositions of M. de Molinos as they were Condemned by Innocent XI in 1687 57
8. Porpositions taken from the Book of Rev. Francis Salignac Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai [France] as they were Condemned at Rome by Innocent XII in 1699 68
9. Of Quakers 74
10. Of Antinomians 78
11. The View of the Anti-Trinitarians, Servetus, Valentinus Gentilis, Socinus & the Socinians 79
12. Of the Arminians, or the Remonstrants 92
13. Of the Augustinian Evangelical Brethren 98
14. Of the Modern Greeks 100
15. Of the Russites or the Moscovites, the Copts & the Abyssinians, or the Ethiopians 106
16. Of the Pietists 113
Bk. 2, Of the Heretics which have Disturbed the Christian Church, by the Century 116
1. On the Heretics of the First Century 116
2. Of the 2nd Century 126
3. Of the 3rd Century 154
4. Of the 4th Century 159
5. Of the 5th Century 166
6. Of the 6th Century 172
7. Of the 7th Century 174
8. Of the 8th Century 175
9. Of the 9th Century 176
Lampe, Friedrich – Rudiments of Elenctic Theology (Bremen, 1729) ToC
Lampe (1683-1729) was a German Pietist pastor, theologian and professor of dogmatics. He was a Cocceian, and follower of Johannes d’Outrein. He is known as the first Pietist leader from a reformed rather than Lutheran background.
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Latin Systematic Theologies Emphasizing Polemics
1600’s
Junius, Franciscus
The Theological Works, vol. 2, Elenctic (Heidelberg, 1607; 1608) The Latin table of contents is at the beginning of each volume.
Junius (1545-1602)
vol. 2, Elenctic
1. The First Defense of the Catholic Doctrine of the Sacred Trinity of Persons in the Unity of the Divine Essence Against Samosatenian Errors 1
2. The Second Defense 61
3. The Third Defense 125
4. An Examination of the Declarations & Arguments of Gratianus Prosper Against the Saving Doctrine of God, Baptism & Others 227
5. A Collation of the Catholic Doctrine of Nature & Grace 301
6. Animadversions on the First Controversy of the Word of God Written and Not Written of Robert Bellarmine of the Society of Jesus, so Called 405
7. On the Second Controversy on Christ the Head of the Whole Church 539
8. On the Third Controversy on the Highest Pontiff 633
9. On the Three Books on the Change of the Roman Empire from the Greeks to the Franks 879
10. On the Fourth Controversy, on Councils & the Church Militant 1023
11. A Single Book on the Church 997
12. On the Fifth Controversy, of the Members of the Militant Church 1173
13. Animadversions on the Appended Short Book to the 3rd Controversy 1429
14. On the Sixth Controversy, of the Church which is in Purgatory 1465
15. An Oration Against the Jesuits, a Sermon translated out of the French Idiom into Latin 1545
Animadversions on the Seventh Controversy of Robert Bellarmine, on the Church Triumphant, or of Glory & the Worship of the Saints (St. Andrews, 1609)
Pareus, David – Theological Collections of Universal Orthodox Theology, where also All of the Present Theological Controversies are Clearly and Variously Explained, vol. 1, 2 (1611/20) Table of contents: vol. 1, 2
Pareus (1548-1622)
Table of Contents, vol. 1
Collection 1, Disputations
1. Theology & the Word of God 3
2. God 8
3. The Son of God Incarnate 10
4. Problems on the Office of Christ the Mediator 12
5. Holy Spirit 15
6. Creation of the World, Angels & Men 16
7. Providence of God 18
8. Sin 21
9. Free-Will 27
10. Predestination 30
11. The Gospel & Grace 35
12. Justifying Faith 39
13. Justification by Faith, Appendix on Roman Justification 44
14. Sanctification, the other Benefit of Christ, which is Regeneration & Conversion unto God 58
15. Good Works 66
16. Sacraments in General, & the False Dogma of the Papists 69
17. Baptism 77
18. Lord’s Supper 79
19. The False & Horrid Dogma of Papists & Jesuits on the Eucharist & the Sacrifice of the Mass, out of Bellarmine & the Council of Trent 85
20. Church of God 97
21. The False Dogma of the Papists on the Church & its Notes 115
22. The Government & Ecclesiastical Ministry in the Apostolic Church 121
23. Church Government Before the Popes & under the Popes, & of the Primacy of the Pope 127
Collection 2, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 139
2. God & the Most Holy Trinity; Solution to the Sophisms Against the Distinction of Essence & Persons 141
3. Attributes of God 148
4. Creation of the World 153
5. Good & Bad Angels 156
6. Creation of Man & his First State 159
7. Providence of God 163
8. The Fall & the First Sin of Man 166
9. Sin in General & its Distinctions 170
10. Cause of Sin 174
11. The Nature, Propagation & Effects of Original Sin 179
Note on the Origin of the Human Soul 183
12. Free-Will of Man After the Fall 188
13. Punishment of Sin, Death & the Misery of Man 193
. Testimony of S. Scripture on the Vindicatory Justice of God 196
14. Eternal Predestination of God 198
15. Grace & the Gospel 201
16. Old & New Covenant of God 204
17. Person, Office & Benefits of the Mediator 210
18. True Divinity & Humanity of Christ 213
19. Personal Union of the Two Natures of Christ 220
20. Threefold Office of Christ the Mediator 224
21. Passion, Death, Burial & Descent to ‘Inferos’ of Christ 228
22. Resurrection, Ascension & Session at the Right Hand of God of Christ 233
23. Satisfaction & Merit of Christ the Mediator 238
24. Faith 244
25. Justification 249
26. Person, Office & Gifts of the Holy Spirit 252
27. Regeneration & Conversion [Resipiscentia] 255
28. Appendix on Regeneration & Repentance, Comprehending the False Dogma of Romanists 260
Abrogation of Auricular Confession out of Socrate 264
29. The Law, its Abrogation & Use 266
30. Good Works 268
31. Christian Liberty, Human Traditions, Adiaphora & Scandal 272
32. Prayer 277
33. True Church 286
34. False Church & its Notes 289
35. Head & Members of the Church 294
36. Primacy of the Roman Pope 300
37. Antichrist 305
38. Ecclesiastical Government of the New Testament 309
39. Ministry & Ministers of the Church & their Calling 314
40. Power of the Church about Doctrine 322
41. Power of the Church about Discipline in Upholding Laws 326
42. Power of the Church about Discipline in Enacting Censures 337
43. Vows 342
. Note on Vows, Councils & Decrees 349
44. Sacraments in General 351
45. Baptism 357
46. Lord’s Supper 365
47. Papal Mass 376
48. The Five False Marks of the Sacraments of the Papal Church 384
49. Marriage 392
Note out of Thomas: What Promise Makes or does not Make
Marriages 400
50. Civil Magistrate 403
51. Fasting & Alms 409
52. Indulgences & Purgatory 416
53. Resurrection of the Dead & the Last Judgment 420
Collection 3, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 427
2. God, One & Three 431
3. Person of Christ 433
4. Threefold Office of Christ the Mediator 435
5. Providence of God 437
6. Eternal Predestination of God 440
7. Sin 442
Note on Sin: in What Way the Theologian Disputes [It] 445
8. Free-Will 446
9. Law & Gospel 449
10. Justification by Faith 451
11. Good Works 454
12. Christian Liberty 456
13. Church 459
14. Sacraments, Baptism, Holy Supper & Antichrist 461
Collection 4, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 457
2. God & his Saving Knowledge 469
3. Person & Incarnation of the Son of God 472
4. Office of Mediator, Against the Blasphemies of Socinus 475
5. Providence of God 479
6. Eternal Predestination of God 483
Note on Some Theses of Augustine 489
7. Sin 495
8. Free-Will of Man, a Public [Disputation] 495
The Same, Free-Will of Man, a Private [Disputation] 501
9. Law & Gospel 502
10. Justification of Man Before God 505
11. Christian Liberty 508
12. Good Works 512
13. Church 516
14. Sacraments in General, & of Baptism 521
15. Lord’s Supper 523
16. Antichrist 527
Collection 5, Disputations
1. Sacred Theology & its Principles & Parts 535
2. Books Canonical & Apocryphal 538
3. Authority & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 542
4. Perspicuity & Interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, & the Judgment of Controversies 545
5. God, One & Three 549
6. Creation of Man in the Image of God 553
7. Providence of God 555
8. Conversion [Resipiscentia] 558
9. Free-Will 563
10. Law & Gospel 564
11. Person of Christ 569
12. Office of Christ the Mediator 562
13. Antichrist 575
14. Predestination 577
15. Faith & Justification by Faith From Works 580
16. Church & its Members, Head & Qualities 583
17. Notes of the Visible Church 585
18. Sacraments in General & of Baptism 588
19. Lord’s Supper & the Papal Mass 590
20. Descent of Christ to ‘Inferos’, the Resurrection from the Dead, the Ascension to Heaven & the Session at the Right Hand 593
Collection 6, Disputations
1. Person & Office of Christ 599
2. Church 605
3. Free-Will of Man 607
4. Predestination 612
5. Sin 615
6. Faith & Justification 618
7. Good Works 620
8. Judgment of Controversies in Causes of Religion 624
9. Political Magistrate 626
10. Baptism 629
11. Holy Lord’s Supper 632
12. Prayer to God 634
13. Providence of God 638
Note on the Same 641
Collection 7, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 647
2. God 649
3. Person & Office of Christ the Mediator 650
4. Free-Will 653
5. Faith & Justification of Man Before God 655
6. Eternal Predestination of God 657
7. Christian Liberty 661
8. Church & Councils 663
9. Sacraments in General 606
10. Baptism 673
11. Eucharist of the Lord & the Papal Mass 675
12. Conversion [Resipiscentia] 679
13. Law & Gospel 681
14. Civil & Ecclesiastical Power 683
15. Marriage 686
16. Antichrist 689
17. Prayer to God & of an Oath 692
Collection 8, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 697
2. God 699
3. Person of Christ 700
4. Providence of God 704
5. Free-Will of Man 706
6. Eternal Predestination of God 708
7. Justification by Faith 711
8. Christian Liberty 713
Note on the Conscience, Good & Bad 715
9. Church & Councils 717
10. Sacraments in General 722
11. Baptism 722
12. Lord’s Supper & the Papal Mass 724
13. Repentance or Conversion [Resipiscentia] 726
14. Law & Gospel 729
15. Civil Power, or the Political Magistrate 731
16. Ministry & Ministers of the New Testament Church 734
17. Antichrist 736
18. Prayer to God 739
19. Marriage 741
Collection 9, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 747
2. God, One & Three 749
3. Eternal Predestination of God 752
4. Free-Will 755
5. Sin 757
6. Person & Office of Christ 760
7. Justification of a Sinful Man Before God 764
8. Church 767
9. Sacraments in General 771
10. Baptism 773
11. Sacred Lord’s Supper 777
12. False Dogma of the Papists About the Lord’s Supper 781
13. Monarchical State of the Church & of Antichrist 783
14. Blessedness, the Worship of Saints & Purgatory 787
15. Creation of the World 791
16. Justifying Faith & the Merits of Works 793
Note on Merit out of Biel & Thomas of Argentina 795
Collection 10, Disputations
1. Canon, Edition, Reading, Authority, Obscurity, Interpretation & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 803
2. God 807
3. Providence of God 809
4. Free-Will 812
5. Sin in General 815
6. Person of Christ 817
7. Office of Christ the Mediator 820
8. Faith & Works 823
9. Justification of Man Before God 826
10. Christian Liberty 827
11. Erroneous & False Dogmas About the Papists’ Sacrifice of the Mass 830
12. Divine Predestination 832
13. Church of God 834
14. Sacraments in General 836
15. Sacrament of Baptism 838
16. Sacred Supper of the Lord 841
17. Antichrist 845
. Note on the Three & a Half Years of Antichrist 848
18. Prayer to Saints 849
19. Purgatory 853
20. Law & Gospel 857
21. Matrimonial Errors of the Pontiffs 860
22. Councils 862
23. Theological Question: Whether we are Schismatics or Heretics for Making a Secession from the Roman Church? 865
24. Authority, Perspicuity & Definitive, Judicial Use of the Sacred Scriptures 868
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Table of Contents, vol. 2
Collection 1, Disputations
1. Creation of Man 3
2. Fall, or the First Sin of Man 6
3. Sin of Man in General: Original & Actual 9
4. Free-Will 13
5. Divine Providence 18
6. Person & Office of Christ the Mediator 23
7. Justifying Faith 28
8. Law of God 32
9. Gospel 37
10. Justification by Faith 40
11. Sanctification 43
12. Church 46
13. Eternal Predestination of God 50
14. Sacred Scripture 55
15. Sacraments in General 59
16. Baptism 63
17. Lord’s Supper 66
18. Good Works in Particular: Prayer, Fasting & Alms 72
19. Invocation, & a Species of it: an Oath 76
Collection 2, Disputations
1. Authority, the Canonical Books, Version & Interpretation of Scripture 83
2. Perspicuity & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 86
3. God, One & Three 89
4. Incarnation of the Son of God 91
5. Descent of Christ to ‘Inferos’ 93
6. Providence of God 86
7. Sin 99
8. Predestination 103
9. Free-Will of Man 106
10. Justification of a Sinner Before God 110
11. Church 113
12. Ministry & Ministers of the Church & their Lawful Calling 117
13. Of the External or Ministerial Government of the Church-Militant 121
14. Sacraments in General 125
15. Baptism 129
16. Lord’s Supper 132
17. Regeneration, or the Conversion of Man to God 136
Collection 3
1. Canon, Versions & Reading of the Sacred Scriptures 141
2. Perspicuity & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 142
3. Of God & the Trinity of Divine Persons 143
4. Providence of God 144
5. Eternal Predestination of God 146
6. Original & Actual Sin 147
7. Grace & Free-Will 148
8. Of the Covenant, or the Harmony & Difference of the Old & New Testament 150
9. The Mediator Christ, Theses of Controversy with Pagans, Jews, Samosatenians & Sophists 151
10. The Natural Union in Christ & the Communication of Properties 153
11. Justifying Faith & Justification 155
12. The Certainty of Justification, the Necessity of Works & of Merit 156
13. Conversion, or the Regeneration of Man 157
14. The Church & its Notes 159
15. The Calling of the Ministers of the Church 160
16. The Government of the Church, & the Primacy of the Pope 162
17. Antichrist 193
18. The Sacraments in General 164
19. Baptism 166
20. The Holy Supper of the Lord, or the Eucharist 167
Collection 4, Disputations
1. Canon & Perfection of Holy Scripture 171
2. Reading, Obscurity & Interpretation of Holy Scripture 172
3. God & the Holy Trinity 173
4. Sin 174
5. Providence of God 175
6. Divine Predestination 176
7. Grace & Free-Will 177
8. Harmony & Difference of the Old & New Testament 178
9. Christ the Mediator 179
10. Person of Christ the Mediator 180
11. Justification by Faith 181
12. Certainty of Grace & the Merits of Works 182
13. Church & its Notes 183
14. State of the Saints After this Life & of their Worship 184
15. Ministry & Ministers of the Church 185
16. Sacraments in General 187
Collection 5, Disputations
1. Canon, Authority & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 191
2. Perspicuity, Interpretation & the Judgment of Interpretation of the Sacred Scripture 192
3. God & the Sacred Trinity 193
4. Providence of God 194
5. Divine Predestination 195
6. Sin, its Cause & Effect 196
7. Grace & Free-Will 197
8. Christ the Mediator 198
9. Person of Christ the Mediator 200
10. The Communication of Properties in the Person of Christ, & of his Satisfaction 201
11. Ascension of Christ to Heaven & Session at the Right Hand of God 202
12. Antichrist 204
13. Justification by Faith 205
14. The Certainty of Faith & of Justification, & not the Perfection, Justification & Merits of Good Works 206
15. Church & its Notes 207
16. Sacraments in General 208
17. Baptism 210
18. Holy Supper of the Lord 211
19. Of Statues & Images in Church Buildings 212
20. Christian Liberty 213
Collection 6, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 217
2. God & the Holy Trinity 219
3. Providence of God 221
4. Eternal Predestination of God 223
5. Sin & its Cause 225
6. The Person & Office of Christ the Mediator 228
7. Grace of God & Free-Will 231
8. Communication of Properties in the Person of Christ 233
9. Satisfaction of Christ the Mediator for our Sins 237
10. Of the Burial, Descent to ‘Inferos’, the Resurrection, Ascension to Heaven & Session at the Right Hand of God of Christ 239
11. Antichrist 241
12. The Justification of a Sinner Before God 245
13. Perseverance of the Saints out of the Book of Augustine, On Good Perseverance 248
14. Merits of Good Works 252
15. Church & its Notes 254
16. Calling of Ministers of the Church 257
17. Sacraments in General 262
18. Sacrament of Baptism 264
19. Sacrament of the Eucharist, or the Supper of the Lord 267
20. Of Monks & the Monastic Perfection 270
21. Of Prayer to Saints 274
Collection 7
1. Authority, Reading, Necessity, Obscurity & Perfection of Holy Scripture 281
2. God, Creation of the World & Angels 263
3. Satisfaction of Christ for Us 285
4. Providence of God 287
5. Eternal Predestination of God 291
6. Person, Office & Benefits of Christ the Mediator 299
7. Justification by Faith 305
8. Merits of Good Works, the Restricting of Foods & Fasting
9. The Certainty of Faith, of Grace, of Justification, of Perseverance, of Salvation, Predestination & Finally of the Faithful, Against the Papistical Doubt 309
10. The Ecclesiastical Ministry, the Calling of Ministers & Ecclesiastical Discipline 315
11. Sacraments in General, in Specific of Baptism 320
12. Holy Supper of the Lord 326
13. Church 331
Collection 8, Disputations
1. Authority, Interpretation, Reading, Perfection & Necessity of Sacred Scripture 339
2. Sacred Trinity in the Unity of the Divine Essence 341
3. Providence of God & the Cause of Sin 342
4. Twofold Predestination of God: One of the Good to Glory; Another of the Evil to Punishment, Wherein is Prefixed the Title of the First Book of Fulgentius to Monimum 344
5. Person & Office of Christ the Mediator 348
6. Faith & Justification 350
7. Intercession & Prayer to Saints; & of Purgatory & Images 352
8. Antichrist 354
9. Church 356
10. Free-Will & Grace 357
11. Sacraments in General & of Baptism 359
12. Sacrament of the Supper of the Lord & of the Pontifical Mass 361
13. Sin, the Cause of Sin in General & of the First Sin 362
14. Original Sin & the Sin Against the Holy Spirit 364
15. Law & Gospel & of their Difference 366
16. Political Magistrate 368
17. Good Works 370
18. Omnipotence of God, & of its Abuse 371
19. Of Fleeing the Papacy 372
20. Continuation of Fleeing the Papacy 373
21. The Heaven of the Blessed 376
22. Perseverance of the Saints 378
23. Death of Christ for All 379
24. Of Fleeing & Taking up the Popish Mass 381
25. Of the Judgment of Controversies about Religion 382
26. Of Vows & Oaths in the New Testament 385
Collection 9, 40 Disputations on the Controversies of the Jesuit Cardinal, Robert Bellarmine
1. Of the Truths & Falsehoods of Bellarmine about the Canon of the Sacred Scriptures, Book 1, ‘Assertions on the Word of God’ 389
2. Of the Truths & Falsehoods of Bellarmine about the Editions, Versions & Readings of the Sacred Scriptures, Book 2, ‘Assertions on the Word of God’ 397
3. Of the Falsehoods of Bellarmine about the Interpretations of the Sacred Scriptures, Book 3, ‘Assertions on the Word of God’ 403
4. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about Traditions, Book 4, ‘Assertions on the Word of God’ 413
5. Of God, One & Three, out of Bellarmine, Books 1 & 2, ‘Of Christ’ 421
6. Of the Incarnation of the Son of God, out of Bellarmine, Books 3-5, ‘Of Christ’ 424
7. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Monarchical Church of the Apostle Peter, Book 1, ‘Of the Roman Pontiff’ 430
8. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Successors of the Roman Pontiff in the Monarchical Church of the Apostle Peter, Book 2, ‘Of the Roman Pontiff’ 433
9. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy on the Antichrist, Book 3, ‘Of the Roman Pontiff’ 436
10. Continuation of the Antichrist 442
11. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy on the Power of the Roman Pontiff, Spiritual & Temporal, Books 4-5, ‘Of the Roman Pontiff’ 447
12. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy on Ecclesiastical Councils, Books 1-2 450
13. Of the Calumnies & Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Church & its Notes, Books 3-4, ‘Of the Church Militant’ 455
14. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Clerics, Book 1 465
15. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Monks, Book 2 467
16. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Question of the Civil Power or Magistrate, Book 3, ‘Of Laymen’ 470
17. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about Purgatory, Books 1-2, ‘Of Purgatory’ 476
18. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Blessedness & Canonization of the Saints, Book 1, ‘Of the Blessedness of the Saints’ 482
19. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Veneration of Relics & Images, Books 2-3 487
20. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Sacraments in General, Book 1, ‘Of the Sacraments’ 492
21. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Effect, Difference & Number of the Sacraments, Books 2, ‘Of the Effect of the Sacraments’ 498
22. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine About the Controversy of the Sacrament of Baptism & of Confirmation 503
23. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Eucharist, Books 1-2 510
24. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Possibility of the Presence of the Body of Christ under the Appearance of the Eucharist, Books 1-2 515
25. The Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Substance, Rite, Effect, Integrity & Veneration of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, Book 4, ‘Of the Eucharist’ 520
26. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Mass, Books 1-2 525
27. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Pseudo-Sacrament of Penitence, Books 1-4 530
28. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Indulgences, Extreme Unction, Ecclesiastical Order & Matrimony 536
29. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy the Grace of the First Man, Book 1, & of the Definition & Partition of Sin, Book 1, ‘Of the Amiss.[?] of Grace’ 540
30. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Cause of Sin, Book 2, ‘Of the Amiss.[?] of Grace’ 546
31. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the First Sin & its Effects, Books 3-6 550
32. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Grace & Free-Will, Books 1-2 557
33. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Free-Will, Books 3-4, ‘Of Grace & Free-Will’ 562
34. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Free-Will in Morals & Spirituals, Books 5-6, ‘Of Grace & Free-Will’ 568
35. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Nature & Proper Act of Justification by Faith, Book 1, ‘Of Justification’ 572
36. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Formal Cause of Justification & of Inherent Righteousness, Book 2, ‘Of Justification’ 572
37. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Uncertainty, Immutability & Inequality of Righteousness, Book 3, ‘Of Justification’ 590
38. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Necessity & Righteousness of Works, Book 4, ‘Of Justification’ 598
39. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Merits of Works, Book 5, ‘Of Justification’ 606
40. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Good Works in Particular: Prayer, Fasting & Alms, Books 1-3 613
Scharp, John – A Course of Theology, in which All the Dogmas & Controversies of Faith Agitated in this Generation Between Us & Papists are Handled one by one and the Arguments of Bellarmine are Responded to, vol. 1, 2 (Geneva, 1620) Extended Latin Table of Contents
Sharp (1572-1648) was Scottish though was also influential in France. Even though this work is against the Papists, Scharp handles most of the topics of theology in systematic order.
Brief Table of Contents
vol. 1
1. Of Theology 1
2. Of Sacred Scripture 8
3. Of Go 170
4. Of the Trinity 208
5. Of Predestination 288
6. Of Creation 366
7. Of the Image of God in Man Before the Fall 367
8. Of Angels 388
9. Of the Providence of God 408
10. Of Sin 411
11. Of Original Sin 456
12. Of Actual Sin 506
13. Of the Sin Against the Holy Spirit 522
14. Of the Evil of Punishment 531
15. Of Free Choice 542
16. Of the Law of God 585
17. Of the Gospel 688
18. The Covenant & Testament 701
19. Of Christ the Mediator 703
20. Of the Office of Christ 817
21. Of Calling 898
22. Of Justification 921
23. Of Repentance 1152
24. Of the Christian Life 1230
25. Of Christian Liberty 1236
26. Of Fasting 1251
27. Of Scandal 1265
28. Of Prayer 1269
29. Of Glorification 1280
30. Of the Resurrection of the Body 1284
31. Of the Last Judgment 1291
32. Of Life Eternal 1294
33. Of the Sacraments 1301
34. Of Baptism 1345
35. Of the Lord’s Supper 1381
36. Of the Five Spurious Sacraments 1555
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1. Of the Church 9
2. Of the Church Triumphant 19
3. Of the Church Militant 87
4. Of the Body of the Church Militant 273
5. Of Councils 385
6. Of Monastics 441
7. Of Vows 457
8. Of the Magistrate 488
9. Of Purgatory 521
Alsted, Johann Heinrich
A Compendium of Theology, Exhibiting a Method of Scriptural Theology in 8 Parts (Hanoviae, 1624) Extended table of contents
Part 5, Polemical Theology, pp. 301-385
Alphabetical Index of Errors Pertaining to Polemical
Theology, p. 560 ff.
Polemical Theology, Exhibiting the Principal Eternal Things of Religion in Navigating Controversies (Hanau, 1620; 1627) Extended Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Prolegomena to Polemical Theology 1
Of the Division of Theological Controversies 1
Chronology of Councils 2
Chronology of Creeds 17
Chronology of Confessions [post-1500] 30
Chronology of Fathers 31
Chronology of Scholars 34
Chronology of Various Theologians 37
Chronology of Jewish Doctors 44
Chronology of Heretics & Schismatics 47
Are Theological Controversies to be Dragged on, and How? 62
Part 1, Controversies of the Jews & Muslims with Christians
1. Controversies of the Jews with Christians
1. Are Traditions Necessary Before the Word of God has been Written? 66
2. Are There Three Persons in the One Essence of God? 71
3. Is Jesus of Nazareth the Genuine Messiah Promised to the Fathers? 75
4. Is the Righteousness by which we Stand Before God the Righteousness of the Messiah, which is ours by a Gratuitous Imputation and True Faith? 103
5. Has the Legal Worship of the Old Testament been Necessarily Abolished by the Messiah? 109
6. Should the Felicity of the New Testament Church be the Specific Expectation of Any in These Lands? 111
7. Ought Jews to Convert to the Faith of Christ? 116
8. Is the Conversion of the Gentiles Predicted from the Prophets? 119
9. Is the Name YHWH Ineffable? 120
10. Does Scripture Propose to us Two Messiahs, One of Which is a Worldly King? 121
11. Are the Rabbis the Best Interpreters? 122
12. .What is the Certainty that the Jews Have in a Historical Event? 124
13. Is it Possible that a Man be Naturally Himself to the Gift of Prophecy? 125
14. Are Numerous Commandments of the Law of Moses Rightly Received from the Jews? 125
15. O’ Man, are you Able to Perfectly Fulfill the Law of God? 126
16. Are Prayers in the Name of the Messiah Obliged to be Received? 127
17. What Ought to be Discerned about the Kabbalistic Interpretation of Scripture by Gimmetrios, Notarickun, Athbasch, etc.? 128
18. Ought Not the Time of Appeasing to be Observed in Prayers? 129
19. Are the Orders & Names of the Angels Able to be Known by Us? 130
20. Has the Time of the Coming of the Messiah been Predicted and Made Definite by God in the Old Testament? 131
21. Do the External Ceremonies of Sacrifices, Purgings & Expiations Purify, of Themselves, the Soul? 132
22. Is the Long Duration of the Present Exile of the Jews an Expiation of Sins? 134
23. Are There Four Legislators of the World? 135
24. When has the Prophetic Word in the People of God Withdrawn? 136
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2. Controversies of the Muslims with Christians 151
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Part 2, A catholic Symphony
1. A Minor catholic Symphony 161
1. On the Apostles’ Creed 161
2. On the Decalogue 166
3. On the Lord’s Prayer 168
4. On Baptism 168
5. On the Lord’s Supper 169
2. A Major catholic Symphony: Theological Common Places 174
1. Sacred Scripture 174
2. God & of Three Persons in One Divinity 177
3. God the Father 179
4. God the Son 180
5. Holy Spirit 181
6. Creation 182
7. Providence of God 182
8. Man 185
9. Fall of Man 186
10. Sin 188
11. Free-Will 189
12. Law 191
13. Jesus Christ 193
14. Election 204
15. Repentance 206
16. Gospel 208
17. Grace of God 210
18. Faith 212
19. Justification 215
20. Good Works 218
21. Church 222
22. Sacraments 232
23. Baptism 238
24. Supper of the Lord 240
25. The Keys 248
26. Prayer 251
27. Resurrection & Life Eternal 254
Part 3, Controversies with the Samosatenians [Monarchianism, Adoptionism, Socinianism]
1. 8 General Controversies 258
2. An Examination of the Racovian Catechism [Socinian] 289
Sacred Scripture 289
The Way of Salvation 293
Knowledge of God 294
Person of Christ 298
Prophetic Office of Christ 311
Kingly Office of Christ 340
Priestly Office of Christ 341
Church of Christ 345
Part 4, Controversies with the Romanists
Sacred Scripture 349
Christ the Mediator 369
The Roman Pontiff 379
Councils 390
Of Controversies 394
Church 396
Clericis 406
Monastics 414
Laics [On the Civil Magistrate] 426
Church Striving in Purgatory 433
Burial 442
Church Triumphant in Heaven & of the Saints in Heaven 444
Relics, Images & the Worship of Things 451
Church Buildings & Feasts 461
Sacraments in General 465
Baptism & Confirmation 475
Sacrament of the Eucharist & the Sacrifice of the Mass 483
Repentance & Indulgences 502
The Three Other Sacraments: Extreme Unction, Ordination & Matrimony 513
Grace of the First Man in Paradise 520
The Loss of Grace & the State of Sin 526
Grace & the Predestination of God, & the Free-Will of Man 538
Justification & of Good Works in General 548
Of the Good Works in Specific: Prayer 566
. Fasting 569
. Alms 572
Part 5, Controversies Between Lutherans & Calvinists
Class 1, Preliminary Controversies 575
Class 2, Controversies about the Decalogue 586
Class 3, Controversies about the Creed 600
Class 4, Controversies about the Lord’s Prayer 647
Class 5, Controversies on the Sacraments in General 650
Class 6, Controversies on Baptism 655
Class 7, Controversies on the Holy Supper 660
Part 6,
Section 1, Of the Dogmas of Jacob Arminius & his Disciples
1. Decree of Predestination 675
2. The Universality of the Merit of the Death of Christ 679
3-4. The Grace of God & the Conversion of Man 680
5. Perseverance of the Saints & the Certainty of Salvation 683
Section 2, Index of Questions which are Ventilated Between Erudite Theologians 699
Section 3, An Admonition on the Errors of the Anabaptists 700
Alting, J. Henricus – A Method of Didactic Theology (Amsterdam, 1656; 1662)
Alting (1583-1644). This work is essentially the same as Alting’s, Theologia elenctica nova, sive systema elencticum (Amsterdam, 1654) and Theologia problematica nova, sive systema problematum theologicorum (Amsterdam, 1662).
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Table of Contents
1. Nature of Theology 3
2. The First Principle of Theology, Sacred Scripture 4
3. God 10
4. Decrees of God in General, & of Predestination in Specific 16
5. Creation 22
6. Providence 28
7. Sin in General & in Specific 36
8. Free-Will in the State of Sin 42
9. Punishment of Sin 45
10. Law of God 49
11. Gospel & the Gospel Covenant 55
12. Person & Office of Christ 62
13. Church 71
14. Calling of the Militant Church by the Word & Sacraments 79
15. Government of the Church 89
16. The Gift of Repentance & Faith by Effectual Calling 98
17. Justification 105
18. Sanctification 112
19. Perseverence 119
20. Glorification 129
A Method of Catechetical Theology [in 127 aphorisms] 134-148
Prideaux, John – All the Theological Works Extent in Latin (Tigur, 1672) Table of Contents comes after the Dedication and Preface
Prideaux (1578–1650) was a reformed Anglican bishop and professor of theology.
Table of Contents
IV. A Bundle of Theological Controversies
Introductory Inquiry: Of the Existence of God 531
1. Of the Scripture 533
2. Of the Knowledge of God 559
3. Of Sin 584
4. Of the Church 602
5. Of Redemption 665
6. Of the Sacraments 679
7. Of the Last Things 692
Essenius, Andreas – A Dogmatic Compendium of Theology, where, beyond Explanatory Theses & Scriptural Assertions, True Sentiments are Confirmed by Arguments Throughout in Controversies, Revoking a few certain groups, the Principal Exceptions & Objections of the Adversaries being Propounded & Solved, and also the Practical Use of these Places Described, this being the editions in use in the Schools, at the end is added a Tract on the Rule of Preaching by Johannes Hoornbeek (Utrecht, 1685) The table of contents is on p. 796
Essenius (1618-1677)
Table of Contents
1 – The Nature of Theology 1
2 – Faith 23
3 – Sacred Scripture 43
4 – God 97
5 – The Divine Persons 148
6 – The Decree of God 172
7 – Creation 193
8 – Providence 228
9 – The Legal Covenant 249
10 – Sin 387
11 – The Evangelical Covenant 432
12 – Christ the Mediator 474
13 – The Procuring of Salvation 535
14 – Calling and Regeneration 555
15 – Justification, Reconciliation and Adoption 566
16 – Sanctification 613
17 – Preservation and Confirmation 629
18 – Of Sealing 643
19 – Glorification 702
20 – The Church 726
Gautier, Thomas – Principles of Didactic Theology Briefly, Clearly and Entirely Given, with a Decision on the Principle Controversies out of the Sacred Scripture (Marburg, 1696) 343 pp., 20 chs. There is a scope of the work after the preface and a subject index at the end.
Gautier (1638-1709)
Marck, Johannes à – A Compendium of Christian Theology, Didactic and Elenctic (Amsterdam, 1696; 1722)
Marck (1656-1731)
Table of Contents
1 – Of the Name and Definition of Theology 1
2 – Of the First Principle [Principio] of Theology, or Sola Scriptura 18
3 – Religion 60
4 – Of the Name, Essence and Attributes of God 70
5 – The Persons of the Trinity 99
6 – The Divine Decrees 120
7 – The Predestination of Men to Salvation or Damnation 129
8 – The Divine Creation of the World 150
9 – Good and Bad Angels 171
10 – The Actual Providence of God 189
11 – The Worship of God and the Rule of His Law 200
12 – The Decalogue and of Each of its Precepts 229
13 – The Creation and Nature of Man 262
14 – The First State of the Integrity of Man, and a view of the Image
. of God and the Covenant of Works 276
15 – The Sin of Men, and its Various Kinds 294
16 – The Various Penaltis of Human Sin 325
17 – The Covenant of Grace, the Gospel, and its Various
. Economies 333
18 – The Mediator of the Covenant of Grace 347
19 – The Person of Jesus Christ 363
20 – The Three-fold Office of Christ the Mediator: Prophetic,
. Priestly and Kingly 386
21 – The Two-fold State of Jesus Christ: of being Emptied, and
. of Exaltation 420
22 – The Ordinances [officiis] of the Covenant of Grace: Faith
. and Repentance 446
23 – The Effectual Calling of the Elect 468
24 – The Justification of the Elect Before God 477
25 – Sanctification and Good Works 497
26 – Prayer, Fasting, Set Hours, Alm[s], Vow[s] 510
27 – The Certain Preservation of the Elect 537
28 – Regeneration, Adoption, Reconciliation and Liberty 541
29 – The Sacraments of the Covenant of Grace; in particular:
. Circumcision, Pascha [Passover & Easter] and ones
. falsely named as such from the New Testament 551
30 – The Holy Baptism of Christians 578
31 – The Holy Supper of the Lord 604
32 – The Covenant Joining God and the Church 627
33 – The Varied Government [or Reign] of the Church 655
34 – The Blessed Glorification of the Elect 696
Braun, Johannes – The Doctrine of the Covenants, or A System of Didactic & Elenctic Theology (Amsterdam, 1691)
Braun (1628-1708)
Table of Contents
Part 1, of the Instrument of the Covenants
Ch. 1 Of Theology, Religion & the Use of Reason in Theology 1
Locus 1. Of the Sacred Scripture 11
Ch. 2 Of the Necessity, Divinity & Authority of Sacred Scripture 11
Ch. 3 Of the Canon, the Apocryphal Books, Traditions & an Enthusiastic Spirit 19
Ch. 4 Of the Perfection, Perspicuity, Reading, Interpretation & Sense of Sacred Scripture 23
Ch. 5 Of the Sum Interpretation of Sacred Scripture & the Judge of Controversies. Of the Study of Prophecy & the Periods of the Church of the New Testament, & of the Rule to be Observed in Interpreting Sacred Scripture, & of the Integrity of Sacred Scripture 36
Part 2, Of the Parts of the Covenant, or of God & Man
Locus 2. Of God & his Attributes 50
Ch. 1 Of the Existence of God 50
Ch. 2 Of the Unity, Names, & Attributes of God in General 61
Ch. 3 Of the Knowledge [Scientia] & Will of God 72
Ch. 4 Of the Power, Affections & Virtues of God 81
Ch. 5 Of the Truth of God & his Light in the Conscience of Man, or of the Conscience 91
Ch. 6 Of the Omnipresence, Eternity, Simplicity & Immutability of God 108
Locus 3. Of the Trinity & of the Deity of the Son & Holy Spirit 121
Ch. 7 Of the Trinity 121
Ch. 8 Of the Deity of the Son & the Holy Spirit 134
Locus 4. Of the Internal Operations of God, of Decrees, Predestination, Election & Reprobation 144
Ch. 9 Of the Internal Operations of God, & of Predestination, Election & Reprobation 144
Locus 5. Of the External Operations of God, of Creation & of the Angels 159
Ch. 10 Of the External Works of God, & in specific of Creation 159
Ch. 11 Of Angels 174
Locus 6. Of the Providence of God 188
Ch. 12 Of the Providence of God 188
Locus 7. Of Man 206
Ch. 13 Of the Creation of Man, & of the Nature of the Soul [Mentis] 206
Ch. 14 Of the Faculties of the Soul, & its Union with the Body, & of the Immortality of the Whole Man 225
Ch. 15 Of the Image of God in Man 238
Part 3, Of the Covenants Themselves
Locus 8. Of the Nature of the Covenants, & of the Covenant of Works 249
Ch. 1 Of the Covenant in General 249
Ch. 2 Of the Covenant of Works 253
Locus 9. Of the Violation of the Covenant of Works through Disobedience, or of Sin 265
Ch. 3 Of the Violation of the Covenant of Works by Sin, or of Sin 265
Locus 10. Of the Covenant of Grace & its Mediator & of the Satisfaction of the Mediator 276
Ch. 4 Of the Covenant of Grace 276
Ch. 5 Of the Mediator, Christ & of his Surety, & of the Counsel of Peace 279
Ch. 6 Of the Satisfaction of the Mediator, or of the Solution of the Surety 293
Ch. 7 Of Universal Grace 299
Locus 11. Of Faith & Justification 303
Ch. 8 Of Faith 303
Ch. 9 Of Justification 313
Locus 12. Of Sanctification, Good Works, Repentance, Fasting & Prayer 322
Ch. 10 Of Sanctification 322
Ch. 11 Of Good Works 330
Ch. 12 Of Repentance 337
Ch. 13 Of Fasting & Prayer 341
Locus 13. Of the Promise & Threatening of the Covenant of Grace, or of Eternal Life & Death 351
Ch. 14 Of the Promise & Threat of the Covenant of Grace, or of Eternal Life & Death 351
Locus 14. Of the Promulgation & of the Necessary Powers to the Repentance of the Covenant of Grace; or of the Calling to Faith, Free Choice & the Grace of God 362
Ch. 15 Of the Promulgation of the Covenant of Grace, or of the Calling to Faith 362
Ch. 16 Of the Necessary Powers unto the Repentance of the Covenant of Grace, & of the Freedom of Choice 369
Locus 15 & Ch. 18. Of the Constancy of the Covenant of Grace, or of the Perseverance of the Saints 386
Part 4, Of the Economies of the Covenants
Locus 16 & Ch. 1. Of the Economy under the Promise 396
Locus 17. Of the Economy under the Old Testament; of the Moral, Ceremonial & Judicial Law 412
Ch. 2 Of the Old Testament in General 412
Ch. 3 Of the Moral Law of God in General 421
Ch. 4 Of the First Three Precepts 429
Ch. 5 Of the Fourth Precept, or of the Sabbath 435
Ch. 6 Of the Precepts of the Second Table 453
Ch. 7 Of the Perfection of the Moral Law 459
Ch. 8 Of the Use of the Moral Law 465
Ch. 9 Of the Ceremonial & Judicial Law 476
Locus 18. Of the Word, Sacraments, the Church & Church Government under the Old Testament, & of the Abolition of the Old Testament 490
Ch. 10 Of the Word & Sacraments under the Old Testament 490
Ch. 11 Of the Church & Church Government under the Old Testament 495
Ch. 12 Of the Abolition of the Old Testament 501
Locus 19. Of the Economy under the New Testament in General & of the Messiah 507
Ch. 13 Of the New Testament 507
Ch. 14 Of the Messiah 509
Ch. 15 Of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ 513
Ch. 16 Of the Person & Personal Union, or of the Hypostasis of the Divine Nature & Human Nature of Christ, & of the Communion of Properties 518
Ch. 17 Of the Humiliation & Exaltation of Jesus Christ 536
Locus 20. Of the Gospel & of the Good Things of the New Testament 550
Ch. 18 Of the Gospel 550
Ch. 19 Of the Blessings of the New Testament 552
Locus 21. Of the Word & Sacraments under the New Testament 579
Ch. 20 Of the Word & Sacraments in General under the New Testament 579
Ch. 21 Of Baptism 592
Ch. 22 Of the Holy Supper 602
Ch. 23 Of the Mass of the Papists 615
Locus 22. Of the Church under the Church Government of the New Testament, of the Ministers of the Church, of Classes, Synods (or Councils), of the Law & of Ecclesiastical Discipline 620
Ch. 24 Of the Church 620
Ch. 25 Of Ecclesiastical Government under the New Testament 630
Ch. 26 Of Ecclesiastical Ministers under the New Testament 639
Ch. 27 Of Classes & Synods, or of Councils 655
Ch. 28 Of the Law & Church Discipline 660
Locus 23. Of Magistrates & of their Law about Political & Sacred Things 668
Ch. 29 Of Magistrates & of their Political Power 668
Ch. 30 Of the Power of Magistrates about the Sacred 675
Locus 24. Of the Various Declarations of the Church, of Antichrist & his Rise, Progress & Fall; & of the Glorious Reign of Christ in the Last Times 681
Ch. 31 Of the Various Declarations of the Church of the New Testament, & of the Antichrist 681
Ch. 32 Of the Fall of the Antichrist 695
Ch. 33 Of Glorious Reign of Christ after the Destruction of the Kingdom of Antichrist 700
Locus 25. Of the Resurrection of Bodies, of the Last Judgment, & of the End of the Ages 705
Ch. 34 Of the Resurrection 705
Ch. 35 Of the Last Judgment & the End of the Ages 713
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van Mastricht, Peter – Theoretical-Practical Theology
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Pictet, Benedict – The Marrow of Christian Theology, Instructive & Elenctic (Geneva, 1711) 246 pp. This is in a dialogue, question and answer format. The Latin table of contents is at the end of the work.
Table of Contents
1 – Of Theology in General, the Existence of God, and Religion 1
2 – The Word of God and Sacred Scripture 6
3 – The One God and his Perfections 19
4 – The Trinity 35
5 – The Creation of the World, Angels and Man 50
6 – The Fall of the Angels and Man, and the Consequences 59
7 – Providence 73
8 – The Decrees of God Concerning the Salvation of Men 84
9 – Christ the Mediator, the Law, the Covenant of Grace 93
10 – The Benefits of Christ and Calling 128
11 – Justification 141
12 – Sanctification 154
13 – Renovation and Glorification 171
14 – The Church 189
15 – Sacraments 220
van den Honert, Johann – Institutions of Didactic & Elenctic Theology (1735) The whole work is in outline form, with various orations appended.
Honert (1693-1758)
Table of Contents
Preliminary: of Theology & Sacred Scripture 1-28
Book 1, of the Covenant of Nature & of Works
1. Of God 29-51
2. Of the Decree of God 52-59
3. Of Creation & the Providence of God 60-70
4. Of the Creation of Man, & of his First State 71-84
5. Of Angels 85-96
6. Of the Corruption of the Stock of Man 97-115
Book 2, of the Business of Grace
1. Of the Author of Grace: God the Father, Son & Holy Spirit 116-134
2. Of the Eternal Design to Work Grace & Wrath 134-152
3. Of the Suretiship of the Son & the Pact of Human Salvation 153-161
4. Of the Covenanting of the Covenant of Grace, by Calling & Faith 162-176
5. Of the Justification of a Sinner 176-184
6. Of the Sanctification of a Sinner 185-195
7. Of the Communion of the Church & of the Use of the Seals of the Covenant 196-209
8. Of the Glorification of Man after Death 209-216
Inaugural Oration on Regeneration 217
Inaugural Oration on Ecclesiastical History: Theologians Most Necessary 259
Oration on the Mutual Tolerance of Christians 299
Inaugural Oration on the Wisdom & Art of Ecclesiastical Oratory 361
Stapfer, Johann – Institutes of Universal Polemical Theology, Ordered in a Scientific Arrangement, vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Zurich, 1756) The ToC to all the volumes is after the Preface in the first volume.
Stapfer (1708-1775) was a professor of theology at Bern. He was influenced by the philosophical rationalism of Christian Wolff, though, by him “the orthodox reformed tradition was continued with little overt alteration of the doctrinal loci and their basic definitions.” – Richard Muller
Table Contents
Vol. 1
1. Of the True Rule of Study & of the System of Polemical Theology 1
2. Of the Cautions to be Observed in Polemical Theology 33
3. A Demonstration of the Truth of Theology is Exhibited 66
I. The Heads of it: It is Agitated of the Divine Existence 67
II. Of the Attributes Dependent on the Divine Existence 73
III. Of the Attributes Dependent on the Divine Intellect 78
IV. Of the Will & Power of God 90
V. Of the Decrees of God in General 105
VI. Of the Wisdom, Goodness, Holiness, Justice, Omnipresence, & the Remaining Perfections of God 121
VII. Of Creation & Providence, & the Immortality of the Soul 176
VIII. Of the Dependence of Man on God as the Fundamental of Religion 208
IX. Of the First State of Man 213
X. Of Sin & the Consequence of It 228
XI. Of the Impotence of Man to Extricate Himself out of Infinite Evil & to Restore a Pristine State 242
XII. Of the Necessity of Revelation & the Criterion of it 258
XIII. Of Freedom, in which the Revelation of the Means of Human Deliverance is contained 282
XIV. Of the Religion of a Sinner in General 299
XV. Of the Person of the Deliverer & of his Properties 308
XVI. Of the Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity 310
XVII. Of the Counsel of the Most Holy Trinity about the Salvation of Man 322
XVIII. Of the Execution of the Decree of the Means of Salvation through Providing Christ 337
XIX. Of the Application of the Means of Deliverance 353
XX. Of the City of God 408
XXI. Of the Offices of Citizens & of the Public Worship 428
XXII. Of Rites, or of the Sacred Ceremonies that ought to be Adhered to in the Public Worship in General 440
XXIII. Of the Principal Rites of the Church, or of the Sacraments of Baptism & the Holy Supper 446
XXIV. Of the Consummation of the Church 470
XXV. Of the Political Magistrate 491
XXVI. Of the Excellence of the Christian Religion 497
4. Of Fundamental Articles 513
5. Of Heresy & the way in which Heretics ought to be dealt with, even of the Tolerance of Schismatics 551
Vol. 2
6. Of Atheism
7. Of Deism
8. Of Epicureanism
9. Of Gentilism
10. Of Naturalism
Vol. 3
11. Of Judaism & Mohommedism
12. Of Socinianism
13. Of the Indifferentism of Religions, of Latitudinarianists, & of the Religion of Prudentists
Vol. 4
14. Of Papalism
15. Of Fanaticism
16. Of Pelagianism
17. Of the Remonstrants
18. Of Mennonites, or Anabaptists
Vol. 5
19. Of the Oriental Church
20. Of the Consensus & Dissent of Protestants, or of the Reformed & of the Church Adhering to the [Lutheran] Augsburg Confession
Appendix: of the Heresies of the First Ages
Index of Things Contained in the Whole Work
De Moor, Bernard – A Continuous Commentary on John Marck’s Compendium of Didactic and Elenctic Christian Theology, vol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Leiden, 1761-71) The first three chapters are in English in three volumes: Buy
De Moor (1709-1780) has a number of disputations available at PRDL. As portions of De Moor’s systematic are translated into English, excerpts are being put up at the blog. Here is a review of the first volume by Dr. Ryan McGraw.
De Moor “maintained the fundamental line of confessional orthodoxy without drawing heavily on any of the newer philosophies… [and he] maintained a fairly centrist Reformed position… Vitringa and De Moor served as codifiers and bibliographers of the earlier tradition, the former from a federalist, the latter from a nonfederalist perspective. Indeed, De Moor’s efforts did for later Reformed orthodoxy what the massive system of Quenstedt did for Lutheranism in the concluding years of the seventeenth century: the work was so exhaustive and so complete in detail and bibliography that it virtually ended the development of Reformed doctrine in the form of orthodox system.” – Richard Muller
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Table of Contents
vol. 1
1. Of the Term & Definition of ‘Theology’ 5
2. Of the Principle of Theology, or of Sacred Scripture 114
3. Of Religion 447
4. Of God, with respect to his Names, Essence & Attributes 498
5. Of the Trinity of Persons 695
6. Of the Divine Decrees 897
A Theological Disputation on Mk. 15:25 & Jn. 19:14 943
A Theological Disputation on Eph. 5:14 957
A Theological Disputation on: Vindictive Justice Essential to God 996
vol. 2
7. Of the Predestination of Men to Salvation or Damnation 1
8. Of the Divine Creation of the World 117
9. Of Good & Bad Angels 285
10. Of the Actual Providence of God 420
11. Of the Worship of God & the Regulating Rule of It 503
12. Of the Decalogue, & of Each Precept of It 688
13. Of the Creation & Nature of Man 976
vol. 3
14. Of the First State of Integrity of Man, & a View Here of the Image of God & the Covenant of Works 1
15. Of the Sin of Men, & its Various Species 109
16. Of the Variegated Punishment of Human Sin 328
17. Of the Covenant of Grace, the Gospel & its Varied Economy 366
18. Of the Mediator of the Covenant of Grace 436
19. Of the Person of Jesus Christ 621
20. Of the Three-fold Mediatorial Office of Jesus Christ, even Prophetical, Priestly & Kingly 837
vol. 4
21. Of the Twofold State of Jesus Christ 1
22. Of the Offices of the Covenant of Grace, even Faith & Repentance 285
23. Of the Efficacious Calling of the Elect 440
24. Of the Justification of the Elect Before God 535
25. Of Sanctification & Good Works 769
A Theological Disputation on the Prayers of Christ in Gethsemane, Mt. 26:39 ff. 840
An Inaugural Theological Disputation about ‘the Times of Refreshing’, Acts 3:19
vol. 5
26. Of Prayer, Fasting, Vigils, Alms & of a Vow 1
27. Of the Certain Conservation of the Elect 255
28. Of Regeneration, Adoption, Reconciliation & Liberation 178
29. Of the Sacraments of the Covenant of Grace, & especially of Circumcision, the Passover & the Pseudo-Sacraments of the New Testament 218
30. Of Christian Baptism 372
31. Of the Sacred Lord’s Supper 553
An Addition of Theological Theses [on fundamentals of the Reformed faith] which were publicly defended after the last Disputation on the Passover 772
A Secular Festival in the year 1719, celebrated the 29th of May by Professors of Theology in the Academy of Leiden 777
vol. 6
32. Of the Church Having Been Joined to God by Covenant 1
33. Of the Varied Government of the Church 180
34. Of the Blessed Glorification of the Elect 586
Theological Considerations to the Academic-Political Judgment of Permitting, by a Dispensation from a Christian & Reformed Lord, a Leviriate Marriage with a Kinsman 737
A Decade of Digested Controversial Theses Joined in a Series, by Bavio Voorda 759
A Theological Disputation on Having Remembered the Coming of Christ, 2 Pet. 1:16 765
Inaugural Oration of Barnard de Moor on the Imperfect Felicity of the Militant Church 1745 807
An Oration on that which is Excessive in Theological Science 1747 901
vol. 7
Scripture Index 1
Index of Principal Things 39
Index of Hebrew & Greek Words 122
A Supplement to the Perpetual Commentary 127 (Later-added end-notes and additions throughout each volume)
Typos 94
Beck, Jacob Christoph – A Synopsis of Universal, Natural & Revealed Theological Institutions, Dogmatic, Polemical & Practical, having been in Use in the Lecture Room: A Brief Theological Encyclopaedia is Given & Delineated (Basil, 1765) Here are the tables of contents to the Prolegomena, Dogmatics Section 1, Section 2, Polemics & Practical sections.
Beck was a professor of theology, history and Old Testament at Basel and was influenced by the philosophical rationalism of Christian Wolff.
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Latin Bible Commentaries that Emphasize Polemics
1600’s
Essenius, Andreas – A Synopsis of Controversial Theology & a Complete Index of the Passages of Sacred Scripture which the Adversaries Use to Seek to Strengthen their Errors & Attack & Deflect the Truth, & are Accustomed to Abuse, being Propounded by a Singular, Brief Method Through their Collections (Utrecht, 1677) 479 pp. There is no table of contents; it goes through the subjects like a systematic theology for 20 chapters in 108 pages; then follows, for most of the volume, the Index of Scripture places, being a commentary on many verses of most of the chapters of the whole Bible, stating and refuting the opinions of sects.
Essenius (1618-1677)
Arnoldi, Nicolaus – Light in Darkness, or a Simultaneously Brief & Succinct Vindication & Conciliation of Passages of the Old & New Testament that All of the Sects of the Adversary Abuse in Order to Sure Up their Errors (Franeker, 1680)
Arnoldi (1618-1680) was a German reformed professor of theology at Franeker. The work is laid out like a Bible commentary and comments on much of the whole Bible.
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Latin: On Controversies
Articles
1500’s
Grynaeus, Johann Jakob – A Disputation on the Particular Controversies of Religion, in which is Agitated the Circumstances & Fonts of Disagreements (Basil, 1589)
Jager, Josias – Disputation 2, Of Those Controversies which have Shaken the Highest Power of Order which ought to be Observed in the Militant Church (Basil, 1589) Johann Grynaeus presided.
Howie, Robert – Disputation 3, in which is Agitated Those Controversies which have Shaken the Solidity of Faith in Christ (Basil, 1589)
Howie was a reformed Scottish theologian. Johann Grynaeus presided.
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1600’s
Beuther Michael – Theological Theorems on the True Adjudication of the Principal Controversies of the Christian Religion which are Agitated in the Church in this our World… in the Academy of Basil… (1602)
Beuther was a German reformed minister and librarian.
Buxtorf, Johanne – An Inaugural Theological Disputation on Discretionary Judgment About Controversies of the Christian Religion (Basil, 1656)
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Books
1500’s
Bucer, Martin – On Conciliating, & the Legitimate Judging, of Religious Controversies & Judgments… (1545)
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1600’s
Laurent, Gaspard – On Public Disputations in Controversies of Religion, an Extensive Investigation of the Old Writings having been Taken (1602) 135 pp.
Vedel, Nicolaus – Rational Theology, or on the Necessity & True Use of the Principles of Reason & Philosophy in Theological Controversies, in Three Books, for the Veracity of the Whole Christian Religion, & Especially of the Confessions of the Evangelicals, Against the Sophists of the Last Times (Geneva, 1628) 800 pp. ToC
Vedel was a reformed pastor and professor at Geneva. He argues against a number of different sects, on every side, in this work.
Du Moulin, Louis – An Epistle of an Irenic Lover of Brethren [Irenaei Philadelphi] to the Illustrious Man, Newly Reborn [Renatum Verdaeum] in which is Discussed the Movements & Controversies Newly Sprung Up in England around Religion, & the Book by Joseph Hall, which Asserts Episcopacy to be of Divine Right, is Driven Off (1641) 122 pp.
Du Moulin (c.1605-1680) was a French reformed theologian who became a professor of history at Oxford (1648-1660).
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1700’s
Werenfels, Samuel – Miscellanies, pt. 1, Containing Dissertations on Erudite Word-Fighters, to which, on account of like material, is added a Dissertation on Theological Controversies which ought to be Sacredly Drawn on… (d. 1740), pp. 446-576 There is no table of contents, and the volume cuts off in the midst of the 10th dissertation on word-fighters.
Here is a full volume of the 10 dissertations on word-fighters, with a table of contents. The work has been translated into English, linked above.
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On the Polemical Theologian
1700’s
Witsius, Herman – The Moderate [Modestus] Theologian, Delineated in an Inaugural Oration, as the Public Professor of Theology in the Academy in Leiden… (Leiden)
von Mosheim, Johann L. – Dissertations on the Non-Contentious Theologian, or of the Office of the Theologian around Controversies (Helmstadt, 1726) 134 pp. ToC
Mosheim (1693-1755) was a German, Lutheran, church historian, particularly known for his Institutes of Ecclesiastical History. Mosheim, while being more orthodox and conservative than most in his time, yet had a trans-denominational irenic tone and viewpoint characteristic of the beginnings of the enlightenment.
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French
Book
1600’s
Le Vassor, Michel – A Treatise on How to Examine the Differences of Religion, Dedicated to the King of Great Britain (Amsterdam, 1697) 605 pp. ToC
Le Vassor (1648-1718) was a French Romanist, Oratorian priest and author, who became a Protestant in exile in England. He is known for his theological, historical and political works. This work has been seen as a defense of the Church of England.
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Bibliography
Malcom, Howard – ‘Polemic Theology’ in Theological Index… (Boston, 1868)
Contains older references in multiple languages, including the main Lutheran works of polemical theology and a few Romanist ones.
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“Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.”
Acts 17:16-17
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