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In their theological and historical interactions, neo-Calvinism and Roman Catholicism have often met in moments of conflict and co-operation. The neo-Calvinist statesman Abraham Kuyper polemicized against the Roman Catholic Church and its theology, whilst building bridges between those traditions by forging novel political coalitions across ecclesiastical boundaries. In theology, Gerrit C. Berkouwer, a neo-Calvinist critic of Roman Catholicism in the 1930s, later attended the Second Vatican Council as an appreciative Protestant observer. Telling their stories and others—including new research on lesser-known figures and neglected topics—this book presents the first scholarly volume on those dynamics of polemics and partnership.
Calvinism. --- Spiritual life --- Theology. --- Catholic Church.
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This book investigates a puzzling and neglected phenomenon - the rise of English Arminianism during the decade of puritan rule. Throughout the 1650s, numerous publications, from scholarly folios to popular pamphlets, attacked the doctrinal commitments of Reformed Orthodoxy. This anti-Calvinist onslaught came from different directions: episcopalian royalists (Henry Hammond, Herbert Thorndike, Peter Heylyn), radical puritan defenders of the regicide (John Goodwin and John Milton), and sectarian Quakers and General Baptists. Unprecedented rejection of Calvinist soteriology was often coupled with increased engagement with Catholic, Lutheran and Remonstrant alternatives. As a result, sophisticated Arminian publications emerged on a scale that far exceeded the Laudian era. Cromwellian England therefore witnessed an episode of religious debate that significantly altered the doctrinal consensus of the Church of England for the remainder of the seventeenth century. The book will appeal to historians interested in the contested nature of 'Anglicanism' and theologians interested in Protestant debates regarding sovereignty and free will. Part One is a work of religious history, which charts the rise of English Arminianism across different ecclesial camps - episcopal, puritan and sectarian. These chapters not only introduce the main protagonists but also highlight a surprising range of distinctly English Arminian formulations. Part Two is a work of historical theology, which traces the detailed doctrinal formulations of two prominent divines - the puritan John Goodwin and the episcopalian Henry Hammond. Their Arminian theologies are set in the context of the Western theological tradition and the soteriological debates, that followed the Synod of Dort. The book therefore integrates historical and theological enquiry to offer a new perspective on the crisis of 'Calvinism' in post-Reformation England.
Arminianism --- Calvinism --- History --- Church of England
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"Souvent présentés comme l'œuvre singulière d'un génie solitaire, les commentaires bibliques de Jean Calvin sont en réalité solidaires de tout un ensemble de travaux exégétiques menés entre 1520 et 1600. Concentré sur les commentaires des Prophètes, le présent ouvrage montre comment l'œuvre exégétique de Calvin s'insère dans une discussion étendue sur trois générations de réformateurs rhénans. En comparant les apports de Calvin à ceux d'Œcolampade, Pellikan, Bucer, Capiton, Musculus, Bullinger, Ursinus, Zanchi et Daneau, l'enquête de Petr Škubal ne met pas seulement en lumière une constellation d'auteurs dont l'historiographie a longtemps mésestimé l'importance, mais elle retrace les étapes de la construction collective d'un modèle herméneutique."
Calvin, Jean, --- Bible. --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- History --- Commentaries --- History and criticism. --- Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564 --- Exégèse biblique --- Church history --- Protestantism --- Calvinism --- Reformation --- Protestants. --- Rhine River Valley
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In Calvinists and Indians in the Northeastern Woodlands, Stephen T. Staggs analyzes the impact of the Dutch Reformation upon the cross-cultural relations between those living in and around New Netherland. Staggs shows that Native Americans and New Netherlanders hunted, smoked, ate, and drank together, shared their faith while traveling in a canoe, and slept in each other's bedrooms. Such details emerge in documents written by New Netherlanders like Megapolensis. Author of the most accurate account of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawks) by a Dutch Reformed minister, Megapolensis provides a window into the influence and limits of the Dutch Reformation upon the dynamic, multifaceted relationships that developed in the early modern Northeastern Woodlands.
Megapolensis came of age when Dutch Reformed theologians looked to the Bible to incorporate Indians into a Reformed worldview. In so doing, they characterized Indians as 'blind Gentiles' to whom the Dutch were being called, by God, to present the gospel through the preaching of the Bible and the Christian conduct of colonists, which necessitated social interaction. This characterization ultimately informed the instructions given to those heading to New Netherland, raised expectations among the clergy and lay chaplains who served in the colony, and prefigured the reciprocal, intimate relationships that developed between Indians and New Netherlanders during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Indians of North America --- Reformation --- HISTORY / Native American. --- Protestant Reformation --- Church history --- Counter-Reformation --- Protestantism --- Missions. --- Influence. --- History --- Empire and Colonialism, Native American and Indigenous History, Atlantic History, Dutch Republic, Dutch Calvinism. --- Missions --- History of North America --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799 --- Calvinists --- Dutch --- Government relations. --- New Netherland --- History.
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