Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1 - Enhanced Version

The Works Of Jacobus Arminius #1

by Jacobus Arminius, William R. Bagnall (Translator)

Jacobus Arminius, a 16th century, Dutch Reformed theologian, had a profound impact on John and Charles Wesley, and consequently contemporary Protestantism. But Arminius is perhaps best known as the father of Arminianism--a theological position which challenges Calvinism. Yet, Arminius' own work is often neglected. This three volume set, the Works of James Arminius, attempts to fix that neglect. It brings together some of Arminius' most important works, such as the "Declarations of Sentiment" (volume I), his commentary on Romans 7 (volume II), his letters (volume III), and "Nine Questions" (volume I). It also contains a variety of interesting, but lesser-known treatises as well. As a whole, these volumes will challenge the way you believe; they contain more than simply critiques of Calvinism, but also subtle and instructive theological ideas. The Works of James Arminius shows that Arminius should be studied along with other great theologians such as St. Augustine, St. Anselm, St. Aquinas, and Calvin. Ideal for anyone interested in the reformation or Arminianism, the Works of James Arminius is an instructive and important text.Tim PerrineCCEL Staff WriterThis edition features an artistic cover, a new promotional introduction, an index of scripture references, links for scripture references to the appropriate passages, and a hierarchical table of contents which makes it possible to navigate to any part of the book with a minimum of page turns.

Genres: Theology

296 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1875

About the author

Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius, originally Jakob Harmenszoon founded Arminianism.

In the theology, followers of Jacobus Arminius rejected the Calvinist doctrines of predestination and election and believed in compatible human free will with sovereignty of God.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus...

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a classic theological literary work so I feel weird rating it at all. I agree with his theological observations and on that account I'd give this book a five. Comparing his writing to others I've read like Tertullian and Augustine he pales by comparison...but who can compare with those giants?

I gave this volume of the complete works only three stars because of the production quality. The publisher included footnotes rather than endnotes and made the reading experience horrible. There were many pages that literally contained only ONE line of text while the remainder of the page contained a footnote sometimes running for page after page. Whoever approved that concept should have been fired. On that account I would give this edition only one star. But as I said, it's a classic book containing brilliant and - I think - lucid and Biblically-sound theology so on those accounts I would have given it a five. Three was my compromise...

Well worth the read but maybe a different printer...