Reformed Dogmatics: Abridged in One Volume – eBook

Herman Bavinck's (1854-1921) four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. The recently completed English translation has received wide acclaim, and has now been distilled into a more accessible one volume abridged edition likewise entitled Reformed Dogmatics focuses on the most crucial elements of the Reformed theological tradition.

John Bolt, one of the world's leading experts on Bavinck and editor of Bavinck's four-volume set, has abridged the work in one volume, with seven parts offering students, pastors, and lay readers an accessible summary of Bavinck's masterwork.

This volume presents the core of Bavinck's thought and offers explanatory material, making available to a wider audience some to possibly the finest Dutch Reformed theology ever written.

Outline:

Part I: Prolegomena: Introduction to Dogmatic Theology

Part II: The Triune God and Creation

Part III: Humanity and Sin

Part IV: Christ the Redeemer

Part V: The Holy Spirit and Salvation in Christ

Part VI:The Spirit Creates a New Community

Part VII: The Spirit Makes All Things New