Fesko Beyond Calvin

Union with Christ and Justification in Early Modern Reformed Theology (1517-1700)
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-647-57022-8
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 020, 416 Seiten

Reihe: Reformed Historical Theology

The investigation of union with Christ and justification has been dominated by the figure of John Calvin. Calvin's influence, however, has been exaggerated in our own day. Theologians within the Early Modern Reformed tradition contributed to the development of these doctrines and did not view Calvin as the normative theologian of the tradition. John V. Fesko, therefore, goes beyond Calvin and explores union with Christ and justification in the Reformation, Early Orthodox, and High Orthodox periods of the Reformed tradition and covers lesser known but equally important figures such as Juan de Valdes, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Girolamo Zanchi, William Perkins, John Owen, Francis Turretin, and Herman Witsius. The study also covers theologians that either lie outside or transgress the Reformed tradition, such as Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, Faustus Socinus, Jacob Arminius, and Richard Baxter. By treating this diverse body of figures the study reveals areas of agreement and diversity on these two doctrines. The author demonstrates that among the diverse formulations, all surveyed Reformed theologians accord justification priority over sanctification within the broader rubric of union with Christ. Fesko shows that Reformed theologians affirm both union with Christ and the golden chain of salvation, ideas that moderns find incompatible. In sum, rather than reading an individual theologian isolated from his context, this study provides a contextual reading of union with Christ and justification in the Early Modern Reformed context.

John V. Fesko ist Dekan und Associate Professor für Systematische und Historische Theologie am Westminster Seminary California in Escondido/Kalifornien.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fesko, John V.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover
;1
2;Title Page;4
3;Copyright;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Abbreviations;10
6;Preface;12
7;1. State of the question;14
7.1;1.1 Introduction;14
7.2;1.2 Calvin and the centrality of union with Christ;15
7.3;1.3 The Gaffin-school on Calvin and union;18
7.4;1.4 Analysis of the recent claims ;25
7.5;1.5 Argument of the present essay;30
7.6;1.6 Plan of the present essay ;31
7.7;1.7 Conclusion;34
8;2. Metaphysics and Justification;35
8.1;2.1 Introduction;35
8.2;2.2 Metaphysics in Calvin’s doctrine of justification;37
8.3;2.3 Other Reformed witnesses;40
8.4;2.4 Why was Aristotelian metaphysics so prominent? ;47
8.5;2.5 Conclusion;51
9;3. Rejection and Criticism of the Ordo Salutis;54
9.1;3.1 Introduction;54
9.2;3.2 Critics of the ordo salutis;54
9.3;3.3 Methodological Analysis;72
9.4;3.4 Summary and Conclusion;75
10;4. The Development and Use of the Ordo Salutis;77
10.1;4.1 Introduction ;77
10.2;4.2 The Rise of the concept ;79
10.3;4.3 The terminology of the ordo salutis ;85
10.4;4.4 The exegetical support of the ordo salutis ;88
10.5;4.5 The eschatological nature of the ordo salutis;94
10.6;4.6 Conclusion;102
11;5. Union with Christ and Justification Before the Reformation;104
11.1;5.1 Introduction;104
11.2;5.2 Augustine;105
11.3;5.3 Bernard of Clairvaux;107
11.4;5.4 Thomas Aquinas;111
11.5;5.5 Jean Gerson;113
11.6;5.6 Johann von Staupitz;117
11.7;5.7 Conclusion;122
12;6. Martin Luther;123
12.1;6.1 Introduction ;123
12.2;6.2 The claimed Lutheran-Reformed divide ;124
12.3;6.3 Union with Christ ;130
12.4;6.4 Justification and sanctification ;132
12.5;6.5 Conclusion;137
13;7. Philip Melanchthon;140
13.1;7.1 Introduction;140
13.2;7.2 Justification ;143
13.3;7.3 Sanctification and union with Christ ;146
13.4;7.4 Melanchthon and Osiander;150
13.5;7.5 Implications of Melanchthon’s views;152
13.6;7.6 Conclusions;158
14;8. Juán de Valdés;159
14.1;8.1 Introduction;159
14.2;8.2 Union with Christ ;161
14.3;8.3 Justification ;165
14.4;8.4 Sanctification;170
14.5;8.5 Conclusion;173
15;9. Heinrich Bullinger;174
15.1;9.1 Introduction;174
15.2;9.2 Biographical and bibliographical sketch ;175
15.3;9.3 Union with Christ and the ordo salutis ;178
15.4;9.4 Justification and sanctification;182
15.5;9.5 Conclusion;187
16;10. Peter Martyr Vermigli;189
16.1;10.1 Introduction;189
16.2;10.2 Rankin and Garcia on Vermigli’s doctrine of union;191
16.3;10.3 Vermigli on union with Christ;193
16.4;10.4 Union with Christ dissected;199
16.5;10.5 Conclusion;205
17;11. Girolamo Zanchi ;208
17.1;11.1 Introduction;208
17.2;11.2 Biographical sketch;209
17.3;11.3 Zanchi’s doctrine of union with Christ;211
17.4;11.4 Union with Christ dissected;219
17.5;11.5 Eschatology;225
17.6;11.6 Conclusion;226
18;12. Faustus Socinus;228
18.1;12.1 Introduction;228
18.2;12.2 Biographical Sketch ;229
18.3;12.3 Justification ;233
18.4;12.4 Union with Christ;246
18.5;12.5 The Reformed response ;247
18.6;12.6 Conclusion;250
19;13. William Perkins ;252
19.1;13.1 Introduction;252
19.2;13.2 Biographical and bibliographic sketch;254
19.3;13.3 Union with Christ;256
19.4;13.4 The ordo salutis: justification and sanctification;261
19.5;13.5 Conclusion;267
20;14. Jacob Arminius;270
20.1;14.1 Introduction;270
20.2;14.2 Arminius on union ;271
20.3;14.3 Union and redemption ;273
20.4;14.4 Justification and sanctification;277
20.5;14.5 Conclusion;285
21;15. John Owen;287
21.1;15.1 Introduction;287
21.2;15.2 The pactum salutis;288
21.3;15.3 Union with Christ and the ordo salutis;291
21.4;15.4 Justification and sanctification;292
21.5;15.5 Relating the parts to the whole;295
21.6;15.6 Conclusion;299
22;16. Richard Baxter;301
22.1;16.1 Introduction ;301
22.2;16.2 Law and covenant in Baxter’s theology ;304
22.3;16.3 Justification ;310
22.4;16.4 Union with Christ ;314
22.5;16.5 Conclusion;317
23;17. Francis Turretin;319
23.1;17.1 Introduction;319
23.2;17.2 Methodological issues;321
23.3;17.3 The pactum salutis;323
23.4;17.4 Justification in the context of union with Christ;328
23.5;17.5 Sanctification ;335
23.6;17.6 Justification from eternity?;337
23.7;17.7 Conclusion;340
24;18. Herman Witsius;341
24.1;18.1 Introduction ;341
24.2;18.2 Historical Background;343
24.3;18.3 Union with Christ and the pactum salutis;346
24.4;18.4 Justification ;351
24.5;18.5 Sanctification ;370
24.6;18.6 Conclusion;376
25;19. Conclusion;381
25.1;19.1 Summary;381
25.2;19.2 Contemporary relevance ;384
26;20. Bibliography;386
26.1;20.1 Primary Sources ;386
26.2;20.2 Secondary Sources;396
27;Index;412
28;Back Cover
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Über Autor(innen)

Fesko, John V.
John V. Fesko ist Dekan und Associate Professor für Systematische und Historische Theologie am Westminster Seminary California in Escondido/Kalifornien.