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The knowledge of God in Calvin's theology / Edward A. Dowey, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1994Edition: Expanded edDescription: xviii, 283 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 97808028010740802801072
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT98  .D63 1994
Contents:
1. General characteristics of the knowledge of God -- Its accommodated character -- Its correlative character -- Its existential character -- Its clarity and comprehensibility -- 2. The duplex cognito domini -- 3. The knowledge of God the Creator -- The knowledge of God the Creator derived from Creation -- The sensus divinitatis -- The conscience -- The knowledge of God derived from the external world -- Calvin's evaluation of the revelation in Creation -- The knowledge of God the Creator derived from scripture -- The authority of scripture -- The inspiration of the writers of the Bible -- The witness of the Spirit to the authority of the Bible -- The knowledge content of scripture with reference to God the Creator -- The relation of the knowledge of God the Creator learned from Creation to that learned from scripture -- Conclusion -- 4. The knowledge of God the Redeemer -- Faith as knowledge -- The object of faith's knowledge -- The changing forms of the historical revelation -- Individual limitations of faith's knowledge -- The illumination of the mind by the Holy Spirit illumination -- The certainty of faith's knowledge -- Faith and election -- Faith and hope -- Calvin's definition of faith -- Beyond Calvin's formal definition -- Calvin's picture of existing faith -- Faith as mystical union with Christ -- The content of the knowledge of God the Redeemer -- 5. The relation between the knowledge of God the Creator and the knowledge of God the Redeemer -- Law and the knowledge of the Creator -- Law and the knowledge of the Redeemer -- The dialectical relationship -- 6. Influence of the twofold knowledge on the structure of Calvin's Theology -- The problem -- Literary form and thought structure -- A proffered conception of structure -- The twofold knowledge and faith -- Structure of "Bipolarity?" -- "Antithetical Structure?"
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1. General characteristics of the knowledge of God -- Its accommodated character -- Its correlative character -- Its existential character -- Its clarity and comprehensibility -- 2. The duplex cognito domini -- 3. The knowledge of God the Creator -- The knowledge of God the Creator derived from Creation -- The sensus divinitatis -- The conscience -- The knowledge of God derived from the external world -- Calvin's evaluation of the revelation in Creation -- The knowledge of God the Creator derived from scripture -- The authority of scripture -- The inspiration of the writers of the Bible -- The witness of the Spirit to the authority of the Bible -- The knowledge content of scripture with reference to God the Creator -- The relation of the knowledge of God the Creator learned from Creation to that learned from scripture -- Conclusion -- 4. The knowledge of God the Redeemer -- Faith as knowledge -- The object of faith's knowledge -- The changing forms of the historical revelation -- Individual limitations of faith's knowledge -- The illumination of the mind by the Holy Spirit illumination -- The certainty of faith's knowledge -- Faith and election -- Faith and hope -- Calvin's definition of faith -- Beyond Calvin's formal definition -- Calvin's picture of existing faith -- Faith as mystical union with Christ -- The content of the knowledge of God the Redeemer -- 5. The relation between the knowledge of God the Creator and the knowledge of God the Redeemer -- Law and the knowledge of the Creator -- Law and the knowledge of the Redeemer -- The dialectical relationship -- 6. Influence of the twofold knowledge on the structure of Calvin's Theology -- The problem -- Literary form and thought structure -- A proffered conception of structure -- The twofold knowledge and faith -- Structure of "Bipolarity?" -- "Antithetical Structure?"

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