Overview
In Christ and the Decree, one of the foremost scholars of Calvinism today expounds the doctrines of Christ and predestination as they were developed by Calvin, Bullinger, Musculus, Vermigli, Beza, Ursinus, Zanchi, Polanus, and Perkins. Muller analyzes the relationship of these two doctrines to each other and to the soteriological structure of the system.
Back by demand, this seminal work on the relationship between Calvin and the Calvinists is once again available with a new contextualizing preface by the author. It offers a succinct introduction to the early development of Calvinism/Reformation thought.
Back by demand, this seminal work on the relationship between Calvin and the Calvinists is once again available with a new contextualizing preface by the author. It offers a succinct introduction to the early development of Calvinism/Reformation thought.
Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION
1. Protestant Orthodoxy: A Survey of Opinion
2. Theological and Methodological Considerations
PART I: REFORMED THEOLOGY IN ITS FIRST CODIFICATION: The Systems of Calvin, Bullinger, Musculus and Vermigli
II. PREDESTINATION AND CHRISTOLOGY IN THE THOUGHT OF CALVIN
1. Fundamental Distinctions in Calvin's Theology
2. Calvin's Doctrine of Predestination
3. Patterns in Calvin's Christology
4. Christ and Election--the Interrelationship of Two Focal Points in Calvin's Theology
III. THE SYSTEMS OF CALVIN'S CONTEMPORARIES
1. Predestination and Christology in the Thought of Heinrich Bullinger
2. Musculus' Loci Communes
3. Vermigli's Loci Communes
EPILOGUE: Christ and the Decree in the First Codification of Reformed Theology
PART II: THE FORMULATION OF ORTHODOX SYSTEM: Reformed Theology in Its Second Codification
Division 1. The Movement toward Orthodoxy
IV. PREDESTINATION AND CHRISTOLOGY IN THE THOUGHT OF THEODORE BEZA
1. The Tabula Praedestinationis (1555)
2. Beza's Contribution to the Systematic Structure of Reformed Theology
V. REFORMED THEOLOGY IN HEIDELBERG: ZACHARIAS URSINUS AND JEROME ZANCHI
1. Ursinus on Christ and the Decree
2. Christology and Predestination in the Theology of Zanchi
EPILOGUE: The Movement toward Orthodoxy
Division 2. Early Orthodoxy
VI. CALVINISM AT THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: POLANUS AND PERKINS
1. Predestination in the Doctrinal Structure of Early Orthodoxy
2. The Development of Christological Structures in Early Reformed Orthodoxy
3. Predestination and Its Christological Referent in the Theology of Polanus and Perkins
EPILOGUE: The Early Orthodox Codification
VII. CHRIST AND THE DECREE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY ORTHODOXY: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Index
1. Protestant Orthodoxy: A Survey of Opinion
2. Theological and Methodological Considerations
PART I: REFORMED THEOLOGY IN ITS FIRST CODIFICATION: The Systems of Calvin, Bullinger, Musculus and Vermigli
II. PREDESTINATION AND CHRISTOLOGY IN THE THOUGHT OF CALVIN
1. Fundamental Distinctions in Calvin's Theology
2. Calvin's Doctrine of Predestination
3. Patterns in Calvin's Christology
4. Christ and Election--the Interrelationship of Two Focal Points in Calvin's Theology
III. THE SYSTEMS OF CALVIN'S CONTEMPORARIES
1. Predestination and Christology in the Thought of Heinrich Bullinger
2. Musculus' Loci Communes
3. Vermigli's Loci Communes
EPILOGUE: Christ and the Decree in the First Codification of Reformed Theology
PART II: THE FORMULATION OF ORTHODOX SYSTEM: Reformed Theology in Its Second Codification
Division 1. The Movement toward Orthodoxy
IV. PREDESTINATION AND CHRISTOLOGY IN THE THOUGHT OF THEODORE BEZA
1. The Tabula Praedestinationis (1555)
2. Beza's Contribution to the Systematic Structure of Reformed Theology
V. REFORMED THEOLOGY IN HEIDELBERG: ZACHARIAS URSINUS AND JEROME ZANCHI
1. Ursinus on Christ and the Decree
2. Christology and Predestination in the Theology of Zanchi
EPILOGUE: The Movement toward Orthodoxy
Division 2. Early Orthodoxy
VI. CALVINISM AT THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: POLANUS AND PERKINS
1. Predestination in the Doctrinal Structure of Early Orthodoxy
2. The Development of Christological Structures in Early Reformed Orthodoxy
3. Predestination and Its Christological Referent in the Theology of Polanus and Perkins
EPILOGUE: The Early Orthodox Codification
VII. CHRIST AND THE DECREE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY ORTHODOXY: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Index
Author
Richard A. Muller
Richard A. Muller (PhD, Duke University) is P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology Emeritus and senior fellow of the Junius Institute for Digital Reformation Research at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author of numerous books, including Divine Will and Human Choice, Calvin and the Reformed Tradition, The Unaccommodated Calvin, After Calvin, and the multivolume Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics.