Catholicity and the Covenant of Works / Harrison Perkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, Harrison, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Predestination--History of doctrines.

Predestination.

Reformed Church--Doctrines.

Reformed Church.

Salvation--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Salvation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 293 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This book analyzes James Ussher's doctrine of the covenant of works and argues that he composed his view by interacting with the broad Christian tradition, used it to integrate his theology, and formulated it in a way to support several other doctrines that are crucial within the Reformed tradition. This work highlights the ecumenical premises that undergirded the Reformed doctrine of the covenant of works, and how James Ussher played a major role in codifying that doctrine. It also sheds new light on how to describe the puritan movement, specifically by using the differing perspectives of the Irish and English established churches. The first half of the book considers Ussher and how he explained and developed this doctrine of a covenant between God and Adam that was based on the law, and the second half of the book examines how Ussher related the covenant of works to the doctrines of predestination, Christology, and salvation.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction

Chapter One: James Ussher, Covenant Theology and Theological Contexts

Chapter Two: The Content of the Covenant of Works Chapter Three: Developing and Debating the Covenant of Works

Chapter Four: The Covenant of Works and Predestination

Chapter Five: The Covenant of Works and Christology

Chapter Six: The Covenant of Works and the Doctrines of Salvation

Conclusion

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-19-751421-9

0-19-751419-7