The covenant of works: the origins, development, and reception of the doctrine

"The book surveys the origins of the doctrine of the covenant of works. The doctrine originates in the patristic era and fully flowers in the sixteenth century among Reformed theologians. The doctrine develops from a web of biblical texts and becomes codified in confessions of the seventeenth c...

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Main Author: Fesko, J. V. 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020]
Series:Oxford studies in historical theology series
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Summary:"The book surveys the origins of the doctrine of the covenant of works. The doctrine originates in the patristic era and fully flowers in the sixteenth century among Reformed theologians. The doctrine develops from a web of biblical texts and becomes codified in confessions of the seventeenth century. But in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, support for the doctrine began to wane until Reformed theologians in the twentieth century outright rejected it. There were, however, theologians who continued to promote the doctrine because they continued to use the same interpretive methods as earlier proponents of the doctrine"--
Physical Description:xiv, 306 Seiten 25 cm
ISBN:9780190071363

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