Synopsis Purioris Theologiae / Synopsis of a Purer Theology: Latin Text and English Translation: Volume 2, Disputations 24 - 42

Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions #204

by Johannes Polyander, André Rivet, Antonius Walaeus

This bilingual edition of the Synopsis Purioris Theologiae (1625) provides English readers access to an influential textbook of Reformed Orthodoxy. Composed by four professors at the University of Leiden (Johannes Polyander, Andreas Rivetus, Antonius Walaeus, and Anthonius Thysius), it offers a presentation of Reformed theology as it was conceived in the first decades of the seventeenth century. From a decidedly Reformed perspective, the Christian doctrine is defined in contrast with alternative or diverging views, such as those of Roman Catholics, Arminians, and Socinians. The Synopsis responds to challenges coming from the immediate theological, social, and philosophical contexts. The disputations of this second volume cover topics such as Predestination, Christology, Faith and Repentance, Justification and Sanctification, and Ecclesiology.

Genres: Theology

732 pages, ebook

Published November 3, 2016

Reviews

[Charles Johnson]

Just finished the chapter on predestination. A very helpful treatment. Perhaps the best I've read, which comes as no surprise given its penning in the wake of the Synod of Dort. The authors give a surprising amount of space to condemning supralapsarian and related doctrines, including citations from Calvin and Beza.

[Caleb Harris]

Well, it took me over a year of semiregular plodding, but I've finally made my way through the Latin text of this wonderful, wonderful work. Excited to start volume 3: on the sacraments, civil order, and eschatology.

[Alex]

Only read Disputation 40. On the Church.