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Midterm Flashcards

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Dutch Reformed key figures?

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  1. Cocceius
  2. Voetius
  3. Witsius
  4. Brakel
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Johannes Cocceius

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1 taught under William Ames

  1. Professor of Orient languages
  2. Leyden theology chair holder
  3. Concern: exegetical accuracy
  4. Unpopular to extremely popular teacher
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Gisbertus Voetius

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  1. Student of Perkins writings @ Leyden during Arminian controversy
  2. Piety a concern
  3. Delegate to Synod of Dort
  4. Scholastic theologian taught @ U of Utrecht
  5. Catechizes orphans
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Witsius

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  1. Latin@5; University @ 15
  2. Saw knowledge & faith as distinct
  3. Ordained 1657
  4. Co-pastoral w Brakel 1673
  5. Called to professorship in 3 schools
  6. Systematics via Covenant theology (trans Eng 1677)
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Wilhelmus a’ Brakel

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  1. Pietistic upbringing
  2. Involved in various controversies
  3. 1690s wrote “Christians Reasonable Service” (Theology, Ethics, History of redemption)
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Synod of Dort

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  1. Canons of Dort
  2. Church order
  3. Dutch translation
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Scholasticism

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  1. Era of Reformed Orthodoxy
  2. A method of arrangement, thought, division, logic in doing theological study
  3. Middle Ages: a learned person
  4. Reformation: a method of study
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Lutheran Piety

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  1. Response to lack of application of doctrine

2. Similar to Puritans

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Enlightenment

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  1. Man’s release from self-incurred tutelage
  2. Motto: “Have courage to use your own reason”
  3. 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.

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Issac Watts

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Hymnody key figure

Weak theology

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Moravian’s

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  • England from Germany
  • attracted Eng people
  • Goal: renew vigor in established churcheS
  • evangelism key concern
  • sparked Methodism
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John Wesley

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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

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2 groups of English Baptists

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  1. General (Arminian)

2. Particular (Calvinistic)

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John Smithe

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  1. Broke from Church of England
  2. Fled to Netherlands
  3. He & Thomas Helwys convinced by Mennonites of Bel’s Baptism
  4. 1609 group of 60 Re-Baptize
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Patronage

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Right of land holders to elect own perish ministers

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Key Figures (18th cent) Netherlands

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  1. Fateinga Sr.
  2. Herman Venema
  3. Taco Hjo vanden Honert
  4. Wihelmus Schortinghus
  5. Theodore Van see Groe
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Taco Hjo

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Moved towards Protestant Enlightenment theology vs Confessionalism

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Defenders of Reformed Orthodoxy

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  1. Antonius Driessen
  2. Alexander Courie
  3. Bernardinus de Moor
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Lutheran Pietism responding to:

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Over emphasis on justification / dead objective orthodoxy

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Origin of Lutheran pietism

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    1. Martin Luther
  2. Anabaptists
  3. Medieval Catholic piety
  4. Reformed & Puritan writings.
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Positive Emphasis of Lutheran pietism

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True vital faith

Ability to shepherd church (vs denial to discipline)

Conventicals

Scripture searching / feeding

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Key People (Lutheran Pietism)

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  1. Johan Arndt
  2. Philip Jacob
  3. August Herman Franck
  4. Von Zinzendorf
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Sum of saving knowledge

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Adaptation of / to WCF

Applicable nature

Covers covenants: works, grace, redemption

Means of Grace

3 fold office of Christ

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Glory of Christ (J. Owen )

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Based on John 17:24; …they may behold my glory

“…greatest privilege and advancement of believers…consists in beholding the glory of Christ”

2 ways to behold glory:

  1. Sight (eternity)
  2. Faith (this life) = fit for heaven, change us into image of Christ, rest to our souls, spring eternal life
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Act of Uniformity

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1662 May

Ministers forced to Vow to:

Use Prayer Book

Follow guidelines

Passivity towards king

Threat: fines & imprisonment

RESPONSE: 2000 clergy left

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Five Mile Act

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Nonconformists banned from

  • living 5 miles from town or ministry post
  • being school teachers
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2nd Conventicle Act

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1670

Removed severity of 5 mile Act

Instituted fines for pastor & church

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The Test Act

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1673

No Catholic civil office bearer

30 miles from London

Lords Supper Orthodoxy

29
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James 2nd

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Catholic

Reestablish it in England

Appoints Jesuits / monks into office

1687 seek religious tolerance (Puritans reject)

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William of Orange

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Son in law of James 2nd

Invited by parliament to overthrow James 2

Bloodless revolution resulted

Declared joint sovereign of England $ Scotland

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Toleration Act

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A 1689 Act that required ministers to vow their:

  1. allegiance to King / Queen

2 Rejection of the Pope, Transubstantiation, invocation of Mary / saints

  1. Subscription to 39 Articles
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Puritan concerns

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  1. Regulative Worship (simple)
  2. Communion of Saints
  3. Church Order & Government
  4. Evangelism / Missions
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Kings Confession of 1580

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Declaration that Scotland is a Reformed Nation, signed by Jame 6th, clergy, nobles.

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Scottish Theologians

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  1. David Dickson
  2. James Guthrie
  3. Samuel Rutherford
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David Dickson

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Scottish theologian who was a key figure in National Covenant who was exiled and returned to a revival.

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James Guthrie

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Scottish theologian who was the first martyr of “Killing Times”

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Samuel Rutherford

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Scottish theologian concerned w doctrine of the church / state who wrote Lex Rex and was as a result viewed as a traitor

38
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National League & Covenant

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1638

1664 burned

39
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1662 Act

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Every ministry posted from 1649 to be vacated

Of the 10,000 -270 resigned

Replaced by English clergy (Kirot, derogatory term)

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Dragnet Act

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Congregants who fail to attend Worship fined

Armed protest march was met with violet force (190 dead overall)

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Killing Tomes

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18,000 killed

30,000 Presbyterians flee to N Ireland

Some with seek to stop severity against Presbyterians

40 Presbyterian clergy join Episcopals

1669 Royal pardon. 50 returned

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3 Divisions of Covenanters

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  1. Lawful to return
  2. Not lawful (until Episcopal removed), could sit under teaching
  3. Not lawful to return, nor cooperate, nor associate w returnees
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Witsius (ch 17 Preaching law and gospel)

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Sees the law as subservient to covenant of grace & gospel

Law preached to:

  • make soul long for grace of Christ
  • recognize Christ perfect fulfillment for us
  • desire obedience
  • be an example to others

Grace teaches us to deny ungodliness (Titus 2)

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