All the titles are in English, as well as many of the tables of contents.
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Order of Contents (85+ in chronological order by nation)
Swiss Dutch
. Calvin 1559 Daneus 1575
. Musculus 1560 Lubbert 1591
. Beza 1570 Trelcatius, Sr. †1602
. Szegedin Pannonius †1572 Trelcatius, Jr. 1614
. Aretius †1574 Synopsis of Pure Theology 1625
. Polyander 1629
. Bucan †1603 Trigland, Sr. 1637
. Wolleb †1629 Walaeus †1639
. Hottinger 1660 Gomarus †1641
. Turretin, F. 1679 Cloppenburg 1643
. Heidegger †1698 von Diest 1643
. Pictet 1696 Voetius 1644
. Rodolph 1714 Revius 1648
. Turretin, J.A. †1737 Spanheim †1649
. Chavannes 1771 Coccius 1654
. Hoornbeek 1658
Italian Velthuysen 1666
. Vermigli †1562 Vogelsang 1668
. Zanchi 1573 Burman 1671
. Wittich 1671
German Rissen 1676
. Bucer 1527 Essenius †1677
. Hyperius 1559 Heidanus 1678
. Ursinus †1583 Salden 1684
. Snecanus 1591 Leydekker 1688
. Sohn 1591 Braun 1691
. Piscator 1589 Van Til 1703
. Polanus 1590 Mastricht †1706
. Bachoff 1603 Wesselius 1734
. Casmann 1603 Bernsau 1755
. Stapfer 1756
. Martin 1603 De Moore 1761
. Keckermann 1607
. Ravensperger 1611 Belgic
. Alsted 1612 Junius, F. †1602
. Mylius 1618
. Wendelin 1634
. Crocius 1636 Polish
. Alting †1644 Maccovius 1639
. Melchior 1685
. Lent 1694
. Marck 1696 Scottish
. Holtzfus †1717 Sharp 1620
. Guertlerus 1721 Boyd †1627
. Lampe 1724 Rutherford 1636
. Wyttenbach 1747
. Brunings 1755 English
. Endemann 1780 Fenner 1586
. Tully †1676
. Baxter 1681
French New England
. Boquin 1561 Ames †1633
. Ramus †1572
. Virel 1587 Hungarian
. Chandieu †1591 Eszeki 1675
. Tilen 1607
. Chamier †1621
. Maresius 1649
. Molina, Cappel, Ramburtio, et al. 1661
. Cappel, Amyraut, La Place 1664
. Gautier
Introduction
William Cunningham (1878, of the Free Church of Scotland):
“The English language, though it contains many valuable works on particular doctrines and on separate subjects in systematic theology, contains comparatively very few systems; i.e. very few works in which all the leading doctrines of Christianity are arranged in systematic order, proved from the Word of God, and their connections and relations pointed out.
Systems of theology have been chiefly the productions of Continental writers, and are to be found principally in the Latin language, one fact among many others of a similar kind which establishes the necessity of students of theology acquiring the capacity of reading Latin with perfect ease and readiness.
…and there can be no doubt that the study of the writings of these men has tended greatly to promote correct and comprehensive views of the scheme of divine truth…. the English language does not contain a great deal, comparatively speaking, that is of much value in the way of systems of theology.”
– Theological Lectures, pp. 39-40
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In three years (or less), with a bit of exerted diligence, you can be reading the cream of Reformed Theology in all of the 85+ authors on this page in Latin.
This page is for the purpose of cultivating interest in recovering these lost treasures of our heritage that God has graciously blessed us with. Thus, in order to make these works more accessible to more of God’s beloved people, all the book titles below have been translated into English, as well as numerous of the tables of contents. We hope to translate most of the tables of contents into English in the days ahead (Deo volente, God willing).
If you are able to get along in a bit of Latin, find a section that interests you and give it a try. In seven years when you become a Latin pro (or if you have any friends who already are), translate a chapter into English, and after we check it we will put it up on the net.
For a very readable and engaging introduction to this era of Reformed Theology and many of these authors, see the Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism Buy by Willem van Asselt.
This page is by no means exhaustive, but is only a start, and will be steadily growing in the days ahead. This collection does include all of the relevant titles listed in the bibliography of Heinrich Heppe’s Reformed Dogmatics Buy (which work is one of the few where excerpts from many of these authors have been translated into English and topically arranged in the form of a systematic theology), along with many others.
Some authors were influential in numerous countries and/or had no truly home country: their categorization for convenience by nation is sometimes arbitrary. Many of these works have other copies and editions available on PRDL. Where we have had a choice, we have preferred the most readable copy. The first part of the information in the parentheses after the book title is to the first available edition of the work on PRDL; the information following the semicolon is the edition linked.
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Reformed Systematic Theologies in Latin
Swiss Reformed
Calvin, John
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559; Corp. Ref., 1864) In English: vol. 1, 2, 3
Calvin (1509-1564)
Of the Secret Providence of God (Geneva, 1558) In English
Musculus, Wolfgang
Common Places of Sacred Theology (Basel, 1560) In English
Musculus (1497-1563)
A Catechism of the Christian Religion, Comprised in a Short Space (1545)
Beza, Theodore – Theological Tracts, in which many of the Doctrine 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) There is a table of contents at the beginning of each volume.
Beza (1519-1605)
Szegedin Pannonius, Stephan
Common Places of Pure Theology, of God and Man, Explained in Continuous Tables and the Dogma of the Schools Illustrated (Basil, 1585) 506 pp. The whole work is in the form of outlines. There is a table of contents after the prefaces and a subject index at the end.
Szegedin (1515-1572) also was known as Stephan Kis.
Common Places of Pure Theology of God and Man, by Continuous Tables Explaining and Illustrating the Dogmatics of the Schools (Basel, 1593)
Aretius, Benedict – Common Places of the Christian Religion Methodically Explicated (Geneva, 1589; Bern, 1604) There are subject and textual indices at the end.
Aretius (1505–1574)
Bucan, William – Theological Institutes, or the Common Places of the Christian Religion out of the Word of God (3rd ed., Bern, 1605) 49 chs. in 847 pp. There are subject and textual indices at the end. Here is the English Table of Contents (after the publication info).
Bucan (d. 1603)
Hottinger (1620-1677)
Turretin, Francis – Institutes of Elenctic Theology, vols. 1, 2 (Geneva, 1679-1686; NY, 1847) In English: Buy
Turretin (1623–1687)
Heidegger, Johann Heinrich – A Body of Christian Theology, Exhibiting True Doctrine, which is according to godliness, vol. 1 (chs. 1-16; 742 pp.), 2 (chs. 17-29; 788 pp.) (Tigur, 1700) A more detailed order of contents than below (without page numbers) follows the preface to the work in vol. 1. There are subject and textual indices at the end of vol. 2.
Heidegger (1633-1698)
Table of Contents
1 – Theology in General 1.1
2 – Holy Scripture 1.22
3 – The Existance and Divinity of God 1.60
4 – The Truly Triune God 1.104
5 – The Decrees of God 1.146
6 – The Creation of the World 1.182
7 – The Providence of God 1.239
8 – Angels 1.279
9 – The Covenant of Works 1.300
10- The Sin of Man 1.327
11 – The Covenant of Grace 1.370
12 – The Economy of the Covenant of Grace under the
. Patriarchs 1.417
13 – The Economy of the Covenant of Grace under the Law of
. Moses 1.454
14 – The Ten Commandments 1.499
15 – The Ritual Law of Moses 1.645
16 – The Judicial Law of Moses 1.698
17 – The Person of Jesus Christ 2.1
18 – The State[s] of Jesus Christ 2.34
19 – The Office of Jesus Christ 2.71
20 – The Economy of the Covenant of Grace under the Gospel 2.152
21 – The Grace of Callling 2.201
22 – The Grace of Justification 2.260
23 – The Grace of Sanctification 2.310
24 – The Firmness of the Covenant of Grace 2.375
25 – Of Outward Worship, chiefly of the Sacraments of the
. New Testament 2.425
26 – The Church 2.503
27 – The Government of the Christian Church 2.553
28 – The Government of the Anti-Christian Church 2.637
29 – Of Glorification 2.691
Pictet, Benedict
Christian Theology, being drawn out of the Pure Font of the Scriptures (Geneva, 1696; 4th ed. London, 1820) In English
Pictet (1655–1724)
The Marrow of Christian Theology, Instructive and 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
The Marrow of Christian Ethics (Geneva, 1712) 400 pp. For a more detailed Latin table of contents, see the end of the work.
Table of Contents
Book 1 – Of Ethics and Christian Duties in General 1
Book 2 – Of Virtues Towards God 27
Book 3 – Of the Virtues and Vices that are Visible to the Neighbor 116
Book 4 – Of the Christian Duties and Virtues Respecting Oneself 227
Book 5 – Of the Affections 273
Book 6 – Of Particular Christian Duties for each Calling and State 342
Rodolph, Johann R. – Christian Theology, Things of the Faith, or Things to be Believed about God and his Way in the World and Church under diverse temporary economies (Bern, 1714) 695 pp. in 15 chs. There is no table of contents but there is a subject index at the end.
Rodolph (1646-1718)
Turretin, J.A. – All the Theological, Philosophical and Philological Works, vols. 1 (Natural Theology, Apologetics), 2 (Scripture, Com. on Rom. 11 & Thess.), 3 (Toleration, Church Hist., Orations) (Leeuwarden/Franeker, 1774-1776) There is a table of contents at the beginning of each volume and a subject index at the end of each volume.
Turretin (1671–1737)
Chavannes, Alexandre-César – Fundamentals and Elements of Christian Theology, vol. 1, 2 (Lausannae, 1771-2) 463 pp. There is no table of contents.
Chavannes (1731-1800)
Italian
Vermigli, Petrus Martyr – Common Places (London, 1576; Geneva, 1624) The English translation of this work is on EEBO Phase 2. Here is the Table of Contents.
Vermigli (1499-1562)
Zanchi, Girolamo
Of the Nature and Attributes of God in The Theological Works, vol. 2 (Heidelberg, 1577; n.d.) There is a detailed table of contents and subject and textual indices at the end of the volume.
Zanchi (1516-1590)
Table of Contents
Book 1 – What are the Divine Names? 1
Book 2 – The Nature of God in General 49
Book 3 – The Attributes 160
Book 4 – The Attributes 326
Book 5 – The Attributes 426
Table of Contents
1 – The Holy Scriptures, the Whole Foundation of the Christian
. Religion 57
2 – God, and the Properties of the Divine Persons 65
3 – The Foreknowledge and Predestination of God 69
4 – The Omnipotence and Predestination of God 73
5 – The Creation of the World, of Angels, the State of the First Man 75
6 – Providence and the Governance of the World 80
7 – The Fall of Man, Original Sin, and its Fruits 84
8 – The Freedom of the Will of Man after the Fall 90
9 – The Promise of Redemption and Salvation by Christ 95
10 – The Law 98
11 – Christ the Redeemer 105
12 – Of the Certainty of the Administration of Redemption,
. Salvation and Life which has been given to the One Christ,
. and thus the Necessity of Union with Christ in Fellowship 124
13 – The Gospel and the Abrogation of the Law by the Gospel 139
14 – The Sacraments of the New Testament 146
15 – Baptism 161
16 – The Lord’s Supper 167
17 – Faith, Hope and Love 180
18 – Repentance 185
19 – Justification 189
20 – The Freedom of the Human Will of Regenerate Men towards
. the Good 199
21 – Good Works 205
22 – Of Invocation and Oath[s] 212
23 – The Church of Christ in General 215
24 – The Church Militant 222
25 – The Government of the Church Militant and the Ecclesiastical
. Ministry 245
26 – The Magistrate 278
27 – The Eternal Remission of Sins in the Church of Christ 286
28 – The State of Life after Death and the Resurrection of the
. Dead 293
29 – The Glorious Coming of the Lord Jesus to Judge the Living
. and the Dead 299
30- Eternal Life 304
Observations [End-notes] 307
– Of the Blessedness of Heaven 311
– Of Original Sin, it is not a substance 212
– Of the Person of Christ 313 & 324
– Of Our Fellowship with Christ 324
– Of the name ‘Sacrament’ 328
– Baptism is not annulled 329
– Acts 19 (about the 12 persons in Ephesus [and whether
. they were rebaptized]) explained 332
– Of They which eat the Bread of the Lord Unworthily 348
– Whether Infants of the Faithful have Faith or Not 355
– Of Justification, and that place [Gen. 15:6]: Abraham
. Believed God, and it was Counted to him for
. Righteousness 356
– Also, our Justification is not only in the Remission of
. Sins, but also Consists in the Imputation of Christ’s
. Obedience 358
– Of the Various Ordinary Ministers in the Church besides
. those which are Expressly Contained in the Holy
. Writings: Archbishops, Patriarchs, etc. 359
[Series of] Theses of Some Principal Articles of the Christian Faith Against Various Heresies 393
1 – Of the One, True, Eternal God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
. [6 Theses] 394
2 – The Nature of the One, True God: Simple and Immense
. [26 Theses] 395
3 – The Eternal Omnipotence of the One, True God
. [30 Theses] 400
4 – The Providence of God [11 Theses] 406
5 – Eternal Election, Predestination and Redemption by
. Christ’s Work [11 Theses] 409
6 – The Resurrection of Christ from the Dead, Ascended
. to Heaven to Sit at the Right Hand of the Father, of
. Paul to the Ephesians, ch. 1 [84 Theses] 412
7 – The Application of Salvation by Christ, out of Eph. 1
. [20 These] 436
8 – That which is Attributed to our Lord Jesus Christ after
. the [Hypostatic] Union, and in what way it is Attributed
. [50 Theses] 441
German Reformed
Bucer, Martin – Continual Expositions of the Four Holy Evangelists, in which are interspersed pure Theological Common Places (Herwagen, 1527; 1553) The table of contents is near the beginning, immediately before p. 1. This work has been translated into English Buy but is often very pricey if found.
Hyperius, Andreas
Of Theology, and the Reason for the Study of Theology (Basel, 1559; 1582) 756 pp.
Hyperius (1511-1564)
A Method of Theology, or the Principal Common Places of the Christian Religion, vol. 1 (Books 1-3) (Basel, 1567) There is a summary of the work in the Preface and a detailed table of contents and textual and subject indices at the end of the volume.
Table of Contents
Book 1 – God & the Word of God, or Sacred Scripture 1.24
Book 2 – The Creature and Man 1.270
Book 3 – The Church 1.526
Book 4 – The Doctrine of the Law and the Gospel
Book 5 – Signs, or Sacraments
Book 6 – The Consumation
Ursinus, Zacharias
Theological Places in Theological Works, vol. 1 (Heidelberg, 1612)
Ursinus (1534-1583)
A Compendium of Christian Doctrine, or a Catechetical Commentary (Geneva, 1584; Cantegribiensis, 1585)
Snecanus, Gellius – A Methodical Description, or Fundamental, Principal Common Places, or the Dogmas of Scripture Concerning the Knowledge of God and Man, which is threefold in this state of life (Harlemum, 1591) 992 pp. There is a subject index at the end.
Snecanus (c.1540-1596)
Sohn, George – Works, vol. 1, 2, 3 (Herborne, 1591-2)
2 – The Sacred Scriptures 13
. the Freedom of the Will 33
. New Testaments 55
. the Cross 77
Polanus a Polansdorf, Amandus
The Divisions of Theology Framed according to a Natural Orderly Method (Basil, 1590; Geneva, 1623) 344 pp. In English: Buy
Polanus (1561-1610). This was a precursor to the following longer work below.
A System of Theology, vol. 1, 2 (Hanau, 1609; 1615) Here is the lengthy Table of Contents in English.
This was the magnum opus of Polanus, for which he was known. For an overview of this important work, see Max Deal’s The Meaning and Method of Systematic Theology in Amandus Polanus.
Book 2 – Of the Actions of God before Time
Book 3 – Of the Creation and the Government of the World
Book 4 – Of Angles and Men, the Blessedness of some, and even
. the condemnation of others
Keckermann, Bartholomaeus – A System of Theology (2nd ed. Hanau, 1607; 1610)
Keckermann (1572-1608)
Table of Contents
Book 1
. 1 – Natural Theology 1
. 2 – The Essence of God 5
. 3 – The Distinction of Persons from Essence and from
. Themselves 54
. 4 – The Absolute Properties of God 89
. 5 – The Properties of God Relating to the Creatures 104
. 6 – Creation 121
. 7 – The Actions and Operations Arising of God 135
. 8 – The Matter of the Divine Word 165
. 9 – The Form of the Divine Word 192
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Book 2
. 1 – The Division of Theology 209
. 2 – The State of Man Before the Fall 215
. 3 – The Fall of the First Man 233
. 4 – Sin in General 246
. 5 – Original Sin 251
. 6 – Actual Sin 267
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Book 3
. 1 – Election unto Eternal Life 294
. 2 – The Person of Christ 310
. 3 – The Office of Christ in General, and in Specific: as Prophet 326
. 4 – The Priestly Office of Christ 340
. 5 – The Kingly Office of Christ 358
. 6 – The Church 370
. 7 – Justification 412
. 8 – The Sacraments, Miracles and Conversion 439
Alsted, Johann Heinrich
Scholastic and Didactic Theology Theology Exhibited, a Scholastic Method of Theological Common Places (Hanau, 1618)
Alsted (1588-1638)
A Lexicon of Theology, in which the Terms of Holy Theology are Clearly Explained in a series of Common Places (Prostat, 1612)
Theological Common Places (Frankfurt, 1630)
Logical Theology (1625)
Mylius, Conrad – Catechetical Essays, or Homilies in the Heidelberg Catechism (Hanau, 1618) 1,247 pp. There is a one page subject index near the beginning of the volume.
Mylius (fl.1616-1618)
Wendelin, Marcus Friedrich – Christian Theology (Hanau, 1634; 2nd ed., Amsterdam, 1657)
Wendelin (1584-1652)
Crocius, Ludwig – A System of Sacred Theology (Bremen, 1636)
Crocius (1586-1655)
Alting, J. Henricus
Melchior, Johann – Fundamentals of Didactic Theology: Aphoristic Summary Truths joined together with an Exposing of the Sinew of Today’s Errors (Herborne, 1685) 369 pp. There is a table of contents after the prefaces and a Scripture index at the end.
Melchior (1646-1689)
Lent, Johann a – Of Modern Jewish Theology (Herborne, 1694) The table of contents is at the front.
Lent (1654-1696)
Table of Contents
1 – Theology, Religion and Articles of Faith 1
2 – The Twofold Principle of the Jewish Religion: Sacred Scripture,
. or the Law Written, and the Oral Law comprehended in the
. Talmud, the reason of all others 33
3 – God; the Essence, Names and Attributes of God 71
4 – The Trinity of Persons in the Divine Essence 104
5 – The Divine Decree, Election and Reprobation 142
6 – The Creation of All Things 170
7 – The Providence of God 209
8 – Angels 241
9 – Of Man in the State of Integrity and Formed in the Image of God 287
10 – Of Man made Destitute by Sin 325
11 – The Free Will of Sinful Man 368
12 – Of Man Restored by Grace, or the Reconciliation of a Sinner
. to God by the Messiah 378
13 – The Justification and Conversion of a Sinful Man out of his
. own Works, and of other Means 407
14 – The Observance of the Mosaic Law at the Price of 613 Precepts 443
15 – The Church 511
16 – The Sacraments 555
17 – The Last State of Man and the Condition of Souls after this Life 582
18 – The Resurrection of the Dead 608
19 – The Last Judgment, of Eternal Life and Death 660
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
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Brunings, Christian – The Doctrine of the Reign of God, or a Brief System of Didactice and Practical Theology (Frankfurt, 1755) The table of contents and a subject index are at the end.
Brunings (1702-1763) was a professor of theology at Heidelberg, 1740-1763.
French Reformed
Boquin, Petrus – Exegesis of Divine and Human Fellowship (Heidelberg, 1561)
Boquin (post 1518-1582)
Ramus, Petrus – Commentary on the Christian Religion (Frankfurt, 1576; 1594)
Ramus (1515-1572)
Virel, Matthew – A Compendium of the Christian Religion (1587) The Latin table of contents at the front of the work is more detailed than what is below. There is a subject index at the end. The work is in a dialogue format.
Virel (1561-1595)
Table of Contents
Book 1
. 1 – The Knowledge of God 1
. 2 – The Knowledge of Man 6
. 3 – The Knowledge of Christ 10
. 4 – Of Faith 4
. An Expository Paraphrase on the Apostles’ Creed 48
Book 2
. 1 – Of Good Works 51
. On the First Table of the Law 54
. On the Second Table of the Law 89
. A Summary of the Law, Mt. 22:57 111
. 2 – Of Prayer 127
. An Explication of the Lord’s Prayer 130
Book 3
. The Ministry of the Word 149
. Of the Sacraments 165
. Of Baptism 169
. Of the Lord’s Supper 173
A Whole Sum of the Christian Religion 182
Chandieu, Antoine de – Theological Works (Geneva, 1592; 1620) There are indices at the end of the volume.
Chandieu (1534-1591)
Tilen – An Ordered Arrangement of Theological Disputations held in the Academy of Sedan, vol. 1, 2 (1607, 1611)
Tilen (1563-1633)
Chamier, Daniel – A Body of Theology, or Theological Common Places (Geneva, 1653)
Chamier (1564–1621)
Maresius, Samuel – A Colloquium of Theology, or, a Brief System of All of Theology in Eighteen Disputations (2nd ed. Groningen, 1649)
Maresius (1599-1673)
Molina, Cappel, Ramburtio, Maresio, Calvino, Le Blanc, Le Vasseur, Alpaeo – A Collection of the Theological Disputations held at various times in the Academy of Sedan, vols. 1 (Molina, Cappel), 2 (Ram., Mar., etc.) (Geneva, 1661) The table of contents is after the prefaces of each volume.
Du Moulin (1568-1658); Cappel (1570-1624); Maresius (1599-1673); Le Blanc (1614-1675); Le Vasseur (1620-1672).
Cappel, Louis; Moyse Amyraut & Josue La Place – An Arrangement of the Theological Theses Disputed at various times in the Academy of Salmur, vol. 1 (Parts 1, 2, 4), 2 (Part 3) (2nd ed. Saumur, 1664-5)
Cappel (1570-1624); Amyraut (1596–1664); La Place (c. 1596–1655 or 1665).
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)
Dutch Reformed
Danaeus, Lambert
A Christian Introduction to Christian Theological Common Places (Geneva, 1588) with a preface by Theodore Beza
Danaeus (c. 1535 – c. 1590)
A Compendium of Sacred Theology, or A Theological Manual in which the Whole Sum of True Christian Theology is Briefly Comprehended (Montpellier, 1595)
A Maual of Aurelius Augustine to the Romans [Laurentium], or a Sum and the Particular heads of the Whole Christian Religion (Geneva, 1575)
Lubbert, Sibrand
Of the Principles of Christian Dogmas (Franeker, 1591)
Lubbert (c.1555–1625). He also has a number of important works on specific theological topics at PRDL.
The Distinctions and Rules of Theology and Philosophy (1652)
Trelcatius, Sr., Lucas – A Compendium of Theological Common Places in All the Small Theological Works (Leiden, 1614)
Trelcatius (1542-1602)
Trelcatius, Jr., Lucas – A Scholastic and Methodical Arrangement of Theological Common Places in All the Smaller Works (Leiden, 1614)
Polyander, Thysius, Rivet, Walaeus – Synopsis of Pure Theology (1625; ed. H. Bavinck, Leiden, 1881) In English: Buy
Polyander, Johannes – Miscellaneous Theological Tracts (1629)
Polyander (1568-1646)
Trigland, Jacob, Sr – The Threefold Grace of God, even of Election, Sanctification and Preservation, Explicated, Confirmed and Vindicated; and the arguments, exceptions and cavillations of the Remonstrants’ Synods opposed (Amsterdam, 1636; 1637)
Trigland (1583-1654)
Walaeus, Antonius – All the Works (Includes vols. 1 & 2, Leiden, 1643) Included are his Common Places.
Walaeus (1573-1639)
Table of Contents
Volume 1
. A Manual of the Reformed Religion 1-113
. Common Places 114-558
Volume 2
. A Tract of the Ministry of the Church, and an Inspection of the
. Magistrate around [circa] it 1
. A Response to the Ravenous Censure in An Anatomy of
. Arminianism by Peter Molina 79
. A Compendium of Aristotle’s Ethics, Called Back to the Rule
. of Christian Truth 261
. Miscellanea: Orations (299), Disputations (319), Conciliations &
. Letters (372), and Poems (499)
Gomarus, Franciscus – All the Theological Works, vol. 1, 2 (Amsterdam, 1644)
Gomarus (1563-1641)
Cloppenburg, Johannes
Eleven Theological Disputations of the Covenant of God and New and Old Testament (Hardervig, 1643)
Cloppenburg (1592-1652)
Exercises upon Theological Common Places (Franeker, 1653)
A System of Select Theological Exercises (Franeker, 1655)
All the Theological Works
Exercises and Library for the Student of Theology (Utrecht, 1644) The Latin Table of Contents is at the front of this volume, though at the end of the later edition on Google Books.
Ascetics, or the Practice of Piety (1664)
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Revius, Jacobus
331 Disputations of Compendious Theology, vol. 1, 2 (#111-218), 3 (1649) There is no table of contents to the 2nd volume.
Revius (1586-1658)
A Theological Examination of Cartesian Philosophy (1648) There is no table of contents to this work.
This work has been translated into English by Aza Goudriaan and is partly available here.
Spanheim, Frédéric, Sr – Miscellaneous Theological Disputations, vol. 1, 2 (Geneva, 1652) There is a table of contents at the beginning of each volume
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Spanheim (1600-1649)
Cocceius, Johannes
A Sum of Theology out of the Scriptures (Geneva, 1665)
Cocceius (1603-69)
A Sum of the Doctrine of the Covenant and Testament of God (Leiden, 1654; Amsterdam, 1691)
Hoornbeek, Johannes
A Compendium of Dogmatic Theology (Utrecht, 1685)
Hoornbeek (1617-1666)
Theological Institutes (Leiden, 1658)
A Sum of Controversies in Religion with Infidels, Heretics and Schismatics (Utrecht, 1653; 1676)
Practical Theology, vol. 1, 2 (Utrecht, 1663; 1689)
Socinianism Confuted, vol. 1, 2 (Amsterdam, 1650/62) There is a one page syllabus of questions on p. 104 (by GB’s counting) in vol. 1, with Scripture and subject indices at the end. There is a syllabus of questions in vol. 2 after the Prolegomena.
Hoornbeek goes through the whole system of Socinianism; hence this work is virtually a polemical systematic theology.
Velthuysen, Lambert – Theology (Fribourg, 1666)
Velthuysen (1623-1685)
Vogelsang, Reinerus – Exercises of Theology: of Supernatural Revelation, of the Scriptures, of the Nature of God, of the Mystery of the Trinity, of the Divine Decrees, of Predestination, of Creation, Of Providence, Of the Duties of Rational Creatures, of Good and Evil Angels, of the Sin of Adam and Original Sin, of the Strength of the Free Will of Fallen Man, etc. (Rotterdam, 1668)
Vogelsang (1610-1679)
Table of Contents
1 – Theology 1
2 – Supernatural Revelation, especially of the Urim and Thummim 33
3 – The Definition of Sacred Scripture 48
4 – The Authority of Sacred Scripture 57
5 – The Perfection of Sacred Scripture 82
6 – The Clarity of Sacred Scripture 97
7 – The Authentic Text and Integrity of the Scriptures; where those primitive characteristics are squared with the Samaritan [version], nor are of the Samaritan Pentateuch Codex; and of the antiquity of the Hebrew Vocalization and Accent Points 109
8 – The Versions of Sacred Scripture: in particular the Septuagint Translation and the Latin Vulgate 167
9 – The Reading of Sacred Scripture 234
10 – Scripture its own interpreter, and the ‘in my judgment’ controversies. 251
11 – The Apocryphal Books 251
12 – The Nature of God 275
13 – The Mystery of the Sacrosanct Trinity 349
14 – The Decree of God 393
15 – Predestination 441
16 – The Creation of the World 483
17 – The Distribution of the Works of Creation 497
18 – The Creation of the Angels 515
19 – The Creation of Man 521
20 – The Providence of God 550
21 – The Duties of Rational Creatures 604
22 – The Good Angels 611
23 – The Bad Angels 628
24 – The Sin of Adam 699
25 – Original Sin 733
Burman, Francis – A Synopsis of Theology, and especially of the Economy of the Covenant of God, from the beginning of ages to the consummation of all things, vol. 1, 2 (Utrecht, 1671) The table of contents is at the beginning of each volume.
Burman (1628-79)
Wittich, Christopher
Theological Exercises (Boutesteyn, 1682)
Wittich (1625-1687)
Peace-Making Theology, in which various theological problems concerning Reformed Theology that are commonly agitated are Resolved (Doude, 1671; Leiden, 1675)
Rissen, Leonard – A Sum of Didactic and Elenctic Theology, out of our Theologians, especially of Francis Turretin’s Theological Institutes (Bern, 1676; 1690)
Here is an introduction to the life of Rissen (1636-1700) with his chapter on Justification in English.
Essenius, Andreas – A Dogmatic Compendium of Theology (Utrecht, 1685) The table of contents is on p. 796
Essenius (1618-1677)
Table of Contents
1 – Natural 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
Braun (1628-1708)
van Mastricht, Petrus – Theoretical and Practical Theology, vol. 1, 2 (Utrecht, 1715; 1724) “The first four books treat in order the prolegomena, Trinity, works of God and the Fall of man, while the next four are on Christology, pneumatology, ecclesiology, and the covenant.” – W. van Asselt
Van Mastricht (1630-1706) This article contains a bio of van Mastricht and his ‘The Best Method of Preaching’ in English.
Wesselius, Johannes – Academic Dissertations (1734)
Wesselius (1671-1745). A few of his dissertations are on PRDL.
Bernsau, Henricus – Compendium of Dogmatic Theology (Franeker, 1755)
Bernsau (1717-1763)
Stapfer, Johann
Institutes of Universal Polemical Theology, ordered in a scientific arrangement, vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Zurich, 1756) The table of contents to all the volumes is after the Preface in the first volume.
Theology Analyzed, vol. 1 (Bern, 1761) The table of contents is immediately after the title page
A Theological Dissertation on that which is Natural (Bern, 1742) 150 pp. The work covers that which is known apart from special revelation, both natural philosophy and natural theology
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 volume in English: 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.
Belgic
Junius, Franciscus
The Theological Works, vol. 1, 2 (Heidelberg, 1607; 1608) The Latin table of contents is at the beginning of each volume. Here is the Latin table of contents for the 2nd volume.
Junius (1545-1602)
Select Smaller Theological Works ed. Abraham Kuyper (Amsterdam, 1882) The Latin table of contents is at the end of the volume.
Polish
Maccovius, Johannes
A Volume of Theological Theses by Giving Disputations on Common Places (Franeker, 1639) The Table of Contents is at the beginning.
Maccovius (1588-1644)
Theological Common Places (Franeker, 1650; 1658) The table of Contents is at the end
Distinctions and Rules of Theology and Philosophy (Amsterdam, 1653)
Scottish
Scharp, John
A Course of Theology, in which all the dogmas and controversies of faith agitated in this generation between us and Papists are handled one by one and the arguments of Bellarmine are responded to, vol. 1, 2 (Geneva, 1620) The table of contents is at the end of volume two.
Sharp (1572-1648) was also influential in France. Even though this work is against the Papists, Scharp handles most of the topics of theology in systematic order.
A Tract on the Justification of Man before God (Geneva, 1609)
Boyd, Robert – Commentary on the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Ephesians (London, 1652) The end of the volume has indices of words and phrases, and of chief common places and theological questions.
Boyd (1578-1627). “His posthumously published Latin commentary on Ephesians… is an enduring monument to his learning. The work, however, is far more than a commentary and includes discussions of virtually every important locus of a systematic theology… his intention in this was to derive the chief heads of Christian doctrine from Scripture, Ephesians being deliberately chosen for the purpose…” – James Kirk (Dict. of Scot. CH&T)
Rutherford, Samuel
An Examination of Arminianism (Utrecht, 1668) A much fuller table of contents in Latin than what is below in English is at the end of the volume, along with a subject and Scripture index.
Rutherford (1600-1661)
Table of Contents
1 – Of the Scriptures and Fundamental Articles 1
2 – Of God 138
. Of the Knowledge of God 138
. Of the Essence of God 141
. Of the Trinity 147
. Of God’s Knowledge 162
. Of the Will of God and its Execution 169
3 – Of Election 238
4 – Of Reprobation 276
5 – Of the State of the First Man 297
6 – Of Original Sin 310
7 – Of the State of Fallen Man 325
8 – Of the State of Grace 352
9 – Of Universal Redemption 372
10 – Of the Covenant of Grace 427
11 – Of the Manner of Conversion 453
12 – Of the Justification of the Sinner 498
13 – Of the Perseverance of the Saints 553
14 – Of the Assurance of Salvation 625
15 – Of the Church and its Notes 642
16 – Of Ministers of the Word 681
17 – Of Synods 692
18 – Of the Sacraments and Ecclesiastical Discipline 716
19 – Of the Magistrate 728
20 – Of the Soul and the Bodily Resurrection 753
A Scholastic Disputation on Divine Providence (Edinburgh, 1649) Table of Contents
Apologetic Exercises for Divine Grace (Amsterdam, 1636; 1651) The Latin table of contents is at the end of the volume. Note that the headings of Rutherford’s table of contents are sometimes differently worded than the heading on the specific page itself.
Table of Contents
Exercise 1 – Of the Divine Decrees and the Agreeable Union of Divine Will with Human Liberty 1
1 – Of the Nature of Human Liberty 1
2 – Of the Eternity and Immutability of God’s Decrees, and
. so far as Justification goes, in what way that which is
. an Immanent Act in God may be Bound in Time, even
. we are Justified by Faith 18
3 – Whether Contingencies are Subject to God’s Absolute
. Decree, and in what way God’s Conditional, Disjunctive
. and Congruent Decrees are Overthrown 68
4 – Contrary to Suarez, Vasquez, Molina, Lessius and
. Fonseca, and above all Contrary to Jacob Arminius,
. this is Explained by the Union of Contingency and
. the Absolute Decree 105
5 – Contrary to the Same Jesuits and Arminians, the New
. Fiction of a Middle or Conditional Knowledge of God is
. Overthrown 187
Exercise 2 – Of Notions of the Divine Will 213
1 – Of God’s Revealed Will [Will of Sign] and His Decretive
. Will [Will of Good-Pleasure] 213
2 – Arminius’ Argument: “That which everyone is bound
. to believe is true […Therefore Christ is the Redeemer
. of all], etc.” is Refuted. Likewise, it is contended, contrary
. to the Arminians, that God cannot disagree with His own
. Purposes. 238
3 – Of the Antecedent and Consequent Will of God 323
Exercise 3 – Of the Temporal Actions of God in Human Liberty 363
1 – Whether Free Will is Determined by God; whether Morally
. or by the way of Physics, First Considered in Natural
. Actions, and then of Gracious Actions 363
2 – Of the Efficacy of Grace, contrary to the Jesuits and
. Arminians 395
3 – The Jesuits’ and Arminians’ Arguments against the
. Predeterminate Efficacy of Grace are Countered 477
4 – The Monstrous Fiction of Congruent Calling is Rejected,
. contrary to Suarez, Pedro da Fonseca and Bellarmine 502
English
Fenner, Dudley – Sacred Theology, or Truth which Follows Piety (Geneva, 1586)
Fenner (c. 1558–1587) was an English puritan divine and was one of the first theologians to use the term “covenant of works” to describe God’s relationship with Adam in the Book of Genesis.
Tully, Thomas – A Manual of the Principal Didactic Heads of Theology (5th ed., Oxford, 1700)
Tully (1620-1676)
Baxter, Richard – A Method of Christian Theology (London, 1681)
Baxter (1615–1691) This Latin work, with his Christian Directory in English, was intended to comprise a whole body of divinity (the theological in Latin and the practical in English). Note Baxter’s significant errors regarding Justification, the Covenant, the definition of Faith, the nature and extent of the Atonement, etc.
New England
Ames, William – The Marrow of Theology (Amsterdam, 1634; 1659) In English
Ames (1576-1633)
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Hungarian
Eszeki, Stephan – A Diary of Theology, or A Complete Theology in 20 Decades of Aphorisms.. (Claudiopoli, 1675) 97 pp. There is a chart of the divisions of the whole work on the last page.
Eszeki (fl.1665-1675)
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