Works of Arminius, Vol 1

The Works Of Jacobus Arminius #1

by Jacobus Arminius

Jacobus Arminius (aka Jacob Arminius, James Arminius, and his Dutch name Jacob Harmenszoon), was a Dutch theologian, best known as the founder of the anti-Calvinistic school in Reformed Protestant theology, thereby lending his name to a movement which resisted some of the tenets of Calvinism-known popularly as Arminianism. "Let scripture itself come forward, and perform the chief part in asserting its own Divinity. Let us inspect its substance and its matter. It is all concerning God and his Christ, and is occupied in declaring the nature of both of them..." -- James Arminius, Oration III: "The Divinity of Scripture" "With regard to the certainty [or assurance] of salvation, my opinion is, that it is possible for him who believes in Jesus Christ to be certain and persuaded, and, if his heart condemn him not, he is now in reality assured, that he is a son of God, and stands in the grace of Jesus Christ." -- James Arminius, A Declaration Of The Sentiments Of Arminius: "The Assurance of Salvation"

Genres: Theology

573 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.


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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...