Title The origins of the federal theology in sixteenth-century Reformation thought / David A. Weir

Published Oxford : Clarendon, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 244 pages) Contents Introduction: The Problem Stated -- 1. The Lexical and Biblical Evidence -- 2. The Background to the First Proposal of the Prelapsarian Covenant in Reformed Theology -- 3. The Prelapsarian Covenant as Proposed by Zacharias Ursinus -- 4. The Early Federal Theologians -- 5. The Second Stage in the Development of the Federal Theology -- 6. Conclusion Summary The prelapsarian covenant idea in Reformed theology is studied in this book, from its first use by Zacharias Ursinus in 1562 to its full development in 1590. Besides its origins, the implications of the Federal theology for Reformed thinking and other theological areas are made clear Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Reformed Church -- History of doctrines -- 16th century Reformed Church -- Doctrines -- History -- 16th century Theology, Doctrinal -- Germany -- Palatinate -- History -- 16th century Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Reformed Church -- History of doctrines Reformed Church -- Doctrines Theology, Doctrinal SUBJECT Palatinate (Germany) -- Church history -- 16th century Subject Germany -- Palatinate Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191683107 0191683108 9780198266907 0198266901

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