Reformed Dogmatics : Volume 3

Herman Bavinck

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In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time the third volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics. This masterwork will appeal not only to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology but also to research and theological libraries."Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, Regent College"This magisterial work exhibits Bavinck's vast knowledge and appreciation of the Christian tradition. Written from a Reformed perspective, it offers a perceptive critique of modern theology. . . . Recommended."--Library Journal

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Christian theology

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• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2006
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781441205957
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Herman Bavinck (1854–1921)
Graphite Sketch by Erik G. Lubbers

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C ONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dutch Reformed Translation Society
Preface
Editor’s Introduction
P ART I:
T HE F ALLEN W ORLD
1. The Origin of Sin
The Genesis Story of the Fall
Alternative Explanations of Sin
Evolving out of a Sinful Nature?
The Enigma of Sin’s Origin
Sin and the Will of God
Time of the Fall
2. The Spread of Sin
Sin Is Universal
In Adam’s Fall
The Pelagian Objection to Original Sin
Semi-Pelagianism
Original Sin and Concupiscence
Total Corruption
Explaining Original Sin: Human Solidarity
Sin as Sin’s Consequence
Inherited Sin?
No Exceptions
Total Depravity
3. The Nature of Sin
Sin as Religious, Not Moral
Sin as Lawlessness
Essentials of Sin
The Kingdom of Evil
Diversity and Development of Sin
Mortal and Venial Sins
Sin against the Holy Spirit
4. The Punishment of Sin
Mercy and Justice
Crime and Punishment
Sin and Its Consequences
Suffering
Death
Dominion of Satan
P ART II:
C HRIST THE R EDEEMER
5. The Covenant of Grace
Sin, Grace, and Covenant
Covenant in Scripture
Covenant in Christian Theology
The Pactum Salutis
The Covenant with Nature
The Covenant in Old Testament Salvation History
The New Covenant
Relation to the Covenant of Nature
Covenant and Election
6. The Person of Christ
Universal Need for a Mediator
Israel’s Messianic Hope
The Present and Coming Kingdom
Christological Conflicts
The Two Natures of Christ
Modern Christology: Kant, Schleiermacher, Ritschl
Return to the Historical Jesus
The Centrality of the Incarnation
The Virgin Birth
Christ’s True Humanity
Divine and Human United
“Nature” and “Person”
Communication of Properties
Worship of the Christ
P ART III:
T HE W ORK OF C HRIST
7. Christ’s Humiliation
Religion, Culture, and Redemption
Sacrifice
The Sacrifice of Christ
The Doctrine of Christ’s Work
The Socinian Challenge
Modern Views of the Atonement
Jesus the Mediator
Christ’s Threefold Office
God’s Justice or Love?
The Obedience of Christ for Us
Dimensions of Christ’s Death
Messianic Consciousness
Vicarious Satisfaction
Objections to Vicarious Satisfaction
Doctrine of the Two States
Descent into Hell
8. Christ’s Exaltation
Through Death to Life
The Doctrine of the Two States
The Reformed View: Exaltation through Obedience
Resurrection and Appearances
Ascension
Reconciliation (Atonement)
Modern Notions of Reconciliation
The Extent of Christ’s Reconciliation (Atonement)
Particular (Limited) Atonement
The Challenge of Universalism
The Universal Significance of Particular Atonement
Christ’s Threefold Office in the State of Exaltation
P ART IV:
S ALVATION IN C HRIST
9. The Order of Salvation
The Universal Search for Salvation
The Scriptural View of Salvation: Grace
The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
The Fullness of Salvation as the Spirit’s Gift
Pelagius and Augustine
Semi-Pelagianism?
Luther and the Reformation
The Ordo Salutis in Reformed Theology
The Ordo Salutis in Mysticism and Rationalism
Pietism and Methodism
Subjectivism in Modern Thought: Kant
Modern Philosophy after Kant
Modern Theology: Schleiermacher and Ritschl
Psychological Study of Religious Experience
Basic Options and Errors
The Trinitarian Way of Salvation
What Is “Grace”?
The Benefits of Grace
Religious Experience and the Truth Question
Only Revelation Yields Reality and Truth
Notes
Bibliography
Select Scripture Index
Name Index
Subject Index
Back Cover
D UTCH R EFORMED T RANSLATION S OCIETY
“The Heritage of the Ages for Today”
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B OARD OF D IRECTORS
Rev. Dr. Joel Beeke
president
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
pastor
Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dr. Gerald M. Bilkes
assistant professor of Old and New Testament
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dr. John Bolt
professor of systematic theology
Calvin Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dr. Arthur F. De Boer
retired surgeon
Grand Haven, Michigan
Dr. James A. De Jong
president and professor of historical theology, emeritus
Calvin Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dr. Robert G. Den Dulk
businessman; president, emeritus
Westminster Seminary Califormia
Escondido, California
Prof. David J. Engelsma
professor of theology
Protestant Reformed Seminary
Grandville, Michigan
Dr. I. John Hesselink
Albertus C. Van Raalte Professor of Systematic Theology, emeritus
Western Theological Seminary
Holland, Michigan
Dr. Earl William Kennedy
professor of religion, emeritus
Northwestern College
Orange City, Iowa
Mr. James R. Kinney
director of Baker Academic
Baker Publishing Group
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dr. Nelson D. Kloosterman
professor of ethics and New Testament studies
Mid-America Reformed Seminary
Dyer, Indiana
Dr. Richard A. Muller
P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology
Calvin Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dr. Adriaan Neele
church history department
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Carl Schroeder
calling pastor for senior citizens
Central Reformed Church
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mr. Gise Van Baren
businessman
Crete, Illinois
Mr. Henry I. Witte
president
Witte Travel
consul of the government of the Netherlands
Grand Rapids, Michigan
P REFACE
T he Dutch Reformed Translation Society (DRTS) was formed in 1994 by a group of businesspeople and professionals, pastors, and seminary professors, representing five different Reformed denominations, to sponsor the translation and facilitate the publication in English of classic Reformed theological and religious literature published in the Dutch language. It is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in the State of Michigan and governed by a board of directors.
Believing that the Dutch Reformed tradition has many valuable works that deserve wider distribution than the limited accessibility the Dutch language allows, society members seek to spread and strengthen the Reformed faith. The first project of the DRTS is the definitive translation of Herman Bavinck’s complete four-volume Gereformeerde Dogmatiek ( Reformed Dogmatics ). The society invites those who share its commitment to, and vision for, spreading the Reformed faith to write for additional information.
E DITOR’S I NTRODUCTION
T his is the third full volume of Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics prepared by the Dutch Reformed Translation Society as part of its decade-long project to publish the complete English translation from Dutch of Bavinck’s classic four-volume work. Prior to the first volume, on prolegomena, published by Baker Academic in 2003 [1] and the second volume in 2004, [2] two half-volume works—one on the eschatology section [3] and the other on the creation section [4] —were published. The present volume, on Christ and salvation, contains material never before available in the English language and provides additional insight into the genius of Bavinck’s theology. Later in this introduction, we will briefly consider these new dimensions and their contemporary relevance, but first, a few words about the author of Reformed Dogmatics. Who was Herman Bavinck, and why is this work of theology so important?
Herman Bavinck’s Gereformeerde Dogmatiek , first published one hundred years ago, represents the concluding high point of some four centuries of remarkably productive Dutch Reformed theological reflection. From Bavinck’s numerous citations of key Dutch Reformed theologians such as Voetius, Moor, Vitringa, van Mastricht, Witsius, and Walaeus (as well as the important Leiden Synopsis purioris theologiae ), [5] it is clear he knew that tradition well and claimed it as his own. At the same time, it also must be noted that Bavinck was not simply a chronicler of his own church’s past teaching. He seriously engaged other theological traditions, notably the Roman Catholic and the modern liberal Protestant, effectively mined the church fathers and great medieval thinkers, and placed his own distinct neo-Calvinist stamp on the Reformed Dogmatics.
K AMPEN AND L EIDEN
To understand the distinct Bavinck flavor, a brief historical orientation is necessary. Herman Bavinck was born on December 13, 1854. His father was an influential minister in the Dutch Christian Reformed Church (Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk), which had seceded from the National Reformed Church in the Netherlands twenty years earlier. [6] The secession of 1834 was, in the first place, a protest against t