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Reformed thought on freedom : the concept of free choice in early modern reformed theology / edited by Willem J. van Asselt, J. Martin Bac, and Roelf T. te Velde.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Texts and studies in Reformation and post-Reformation thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberty--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
- Liberty.
- Reformed Church--Doctrines.
- Reformed Church.
- Liberty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Free choice : the fate of the reformed tradition
- Continuity of medieval method in post-Reformation reformed theology
- The nature and genres of reformed scholastic texts
- Reverent exposition
- Conceptual analysis
- Different genres
- Clarification of terms and concepts
- Ontological concepts
- Anthropological terms
- Logical distinctions
- Survey of chosen texts
- Always free, but not always good : Girolamo Zanchi (1516-1590) on free will
- Translation of the texts
- The free choice of our first parents before the fall
- Free will in unregenerated man after the first sin
- Structure of the text
- Terminological clarification
- Nature and object of free will
- Different kinds of freedom
- Freedom and necessity
- Free will in the different states
- Zanchi's final definition
- Evaluation : Zanchi's place in the tradition
- An image of its maker : theses on freedom of Franciscus Junius (1545-1602)
- Translation of the text
- The subject of free choice (theses 2-7)
- The proper attribute of free choice (theses 8-16)
- Analogical attribution of freedom to the will (theses 13-16)
- The definition of free choice
- The subject of free choice
- The object of free choice
- The act of free choice : explaining freedom
- Application of the definition to various subjects
- God as subject of free choice (theses 25-29)
- Man and angels (theses 30-58)
- Free choice of man before the fall (theses 30-37)
- The three states after the fall
- State of corruption (theses 43-49)
- State of regeneration (theses 50-57)
- State of glory (thesis 58)
- Undisputed freedom : a disputation of Franciscus Gomarus (1563-1641)
- Free choice in its four states
- Free choice before the fall
- Free choice after the fall and before conversion
- Free choice in conversion
- Free choice after conversion
- Evaluation : Gomarus' s place in the tradition
- The will as master of its own act : a disputation rediscovered of Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) on freedom of will
- Definition of freedom by the Jesuits
- Definition of freedom by Voetius
- Compatibility of the essence of freedom with hypothetical necessity
- Hypothetical necessity arising from the divine decree
- Hypothetical necessity arising from the physical premotion
- Hypothetical necessity arising from the practical judgment of the intellect
- Beyond indifference : an elenctic locus on free choice by Francesco Turrettini (1623-1687)
- Will and intellect
- Structural freedom
- Statebound freedom
- Clear and distinct freedom : a compendium of Bernardinus de Moor (1709-1780) in a cartesian context
- The compendium of Christian theology of John à Marck
- The continuous commentary by Bernardinus de Moor
- Essential and accidental freedom
- The faculties of the soul
- The judgment of the intellect
- Intellect and will
- Freedom as autonomy or absolute indifference
- Freedom as rational spontaneity
- Necessity and freedom.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801035210
- 080103521X
- OCLC:
- 263988383
- Publisher Number:
- 99937206225
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