Midterm Flashcards
Dutch Reformed key figures?
- Cocceius
- Voetius
- Witsius
- Brakel
Johannes Cocceius
1 taught under William Ames
- Professor of Orient languages
- Leyden theology chair holder
- Concern: exegetical accuracy
- Unpopular to extremely popular teacher
Gisbertus Voetius
- Student of Perkins writings @ Leyden during Arminian controversy
- Piety a concern
- Delegate to Synod of Dort
- Scholastic theologian taught @ U of Utrecht
- Catechizes orphans
Witsius
- Latin@5; University @ 15
- Saw knowledge & faith as distinct
- Ordained 1657
- Co-pastoral w Brakel 1673
- Called to professorship in 3 schools
- Systematics via Covenant theology (trans Eng 1677)
Wilhelmus a’ Brakel
- Pietistic upbringing
- Involved in various controversies
- 1690s wrote “Christians Reasonable Service” (Theology, Ethics, History of redemption)
Synod of Dort
- Canons of Dort
- Church order
- Dutch translation
Scholasticism
- Era of Reformed Orthodoxy
- A method of arrangement, thought, division, logic in doing theological study
- Middle Ages: a learned person
- Reformation: a method of study
Lutheran Piety
- Response to lack of application of doctrine
2. Similar to Puritans
Enlightenment
- Man’s release from self-incurred tutelage
- Motto: “Have courage to use your own reason”
- Regarding religion it means the ability & freedom to use ones reason without outside influence.
Context: wealthy England, church part of state, Westminster standards fading, nominal ministers remained after 2000 ejected.
Issac Watts
Hymnody key figure
Weak theology
Moravian’s
- England from Germany
- attracted Eng people
- Goal: renew vigor in established churcheS
- evangelism key concern
- sparked Methodism
John Wesley
Dad: Charles Wesley
Mother: daughter of Puritan minded pastor
Godly heritage
Oxford grad
Gathered people: godliness & reading
Theological Errors:
- Arminianism
- entire Sanctification (danger of legalism)
Hymns writer
Created New Societies - turned into new church denomination (Methodism)
Methods = key to holiness
2 groups of English Baptists
- General (Arminian)
2. Particular (Calvinistic)
John Smithe
- Broke from Church of England
- Fled to Netherlands
- He & Thomas Helwys convinced by Mennonites of Bel’s Baptism
- 1609 group of 60 Re-Baptize
Patronage
Right of land holders to elect own perish ministers
Key Figures (18th cent) Netherlands
- Fateinga Sr.
- Herman Venema
- Taco Hjo vanden Honert
- Wihelmus Schortinghus
- Theodore Van see Groe
Taco Hjo
Moved towards Protestant Enlightenment theology vs Confessionalism