TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goudriaan,Aza
TI  - Reformed Orthodoxy and Philosophy, 1625-1750: Gisbertus Voetius, Petrus Van Mastricht, and Anthonius Driessen
T2  - Brill's Series in Church History Series
SN  - 9789047411543
AV  - BX9422.3.G68 2006 
U1  - 230/.42492 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Voet, Gijsbert,-1589-1676
KW  - Mastricht, Peter van,-1630-1706
KW  - Driessen, Anthonius,-1684-1748
KW  - Reformed Church-Doctrines
KW  - Theology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- REFORMED ORTHODOXY AND PHILOSOPHY, 1625-1750: Gisbertus Voetius, Petrus van Mastricht, and Anthonius Driessen -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Reformed Orthodoxy and Philosophy -- 2. Dutch Reformed Theology and its Broader Significance -- 3. Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) -- 4. Petrus van Mastricht (1630-1706) -- 5. Anthonius Driessen (1684-1748) -- 6. Selected Theological Issues -- Chapter One: Holy Scripture, Human Reason, and Natural Theology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Voetius's Appreciation of Philosophy -- 2.1. Christian Aristotelianism in Support of Theology -- 2.2. Faith, Reason, and the Authority of Scripture -- 3. Van Mastricht's anti-Cartesian Eclecticism -- 4. Driessen's Reason: Proving Scripture's Divinity and Illuminated by Scripture -- 5. Natural Theology and Proofs for God's Existence -- Chapter Two: Creation, Mosaic Physics, Copernicanism, and Divine Accommodation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Philosophy and Creation from Nothing -- 3. Issues in Mosaic Physics: Creation in Six Days, Substantial Forms, and Copernicanism -- 3.1. Creation in Six Days -- 3.2. Substantial Forms -- 3.3. Copernicanism -- 4. Theories of Accommodation -- Chapter Three: The Providence of God, Secondary Causality, and Related Topics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Relation Between the First Cause and Secondary Causes -- 2.1. Voetius on Divine Predetermination, Secondary Causality, and Contingency -- 2.2. Van Mastricht: Defending the Priority of the First Cause -- 2.3. Driessen's Insistence on Real Secondary Causality -- 3. Freedom of the Human Will: Reservations and Defence -- 3.1. Voetius -- 3.2. Van Mastricht -- 3.3. Driessen -- 4. Divine Providence and Human Sinful Acts -- 5. Miracles: Reservations and Defence -- 6. Divine Providence and the View of History -- 6.1. Providence in History -- 6.2. History and Progress; 6.3. The Future of the Church -- Chapter Four: The Human Being: His Soul and Body, Special Status, and Conscience -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Relationship between Soul and Body, and the Immortality of the Soul -- 2.1. Voetius's Hylemorphist View of the Relationship between Soul and Body -- 2.2. Van Mastricht's Hylemorphist Opposition to Cartesian Dualism -- 2.3. Driessen's Dualistic Defense of Soul-Body Interaction and of the Soul's Immortality -- 3. The Image of God -- 4. The Special Status of Man -- 5. The Definition of Human Conscience and the Issue of Synderesis -- 5.1. Voetius -- 5.2. Van Mastricht -- 5.3. Driessen -- 6. Liberty of Conscience -- Chapter Five: Divine and Natural Law: Theological and Political Aspects -- 1. Introduction: Two Questions -- 2. Theological Conceptions of Divine and Natural Law -- 3. Law, Politics and the Issue of Toleration -- Chapter Six: Conclusions -- Differences in Philosophical Alignments and in Theology -- Development and Identity -- The Priority of Christian Doctrine -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- 1. Manuscripts -- 2. Driessen, Van Mastricht, and Voetius: Original Texts -- 3. Van Mastricht and Voetius: Modern Translations or Editions -- 4. Other Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- 1. Reference Works -- 2. Other Secondary Works -- General Index -- Brill's Series in Church History
N2  - This book offers a new analysis of Reformed orthodoxy by focusing on several philosophy-related issues in the theology of three Dutch authors. It also portrays various ways in which philosophical views were appropriated, or rejected for biblical reasons
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