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Preface xiii
Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Material xvii
Introduction 1
The State of Arminius Scholarship and the Current Proposal 2
The Importance of Arminius and Assurance 10
Methodology and Outline 11
Background of the Debate
Arminius and His Academic Context 19
Arminius in the Staten College 20
Regent, Sub-regent, and Faculty 20
Working Relationships 23
Arminius and the Leiden Pedagogy 36
Education in General 36
The Disputation 37
Background 37
Structure 40
Repetitiones 41
Importance for the Leiden Debate 44
Authorship 47
Arminius and Theological Method 58
Asking the Right Questions 59
Handling the Right Topics 67
Establishing the Right Order 68
Conclusion 69
The Ontology of Salvation
Grace, Predestination, and The Ordo Salutis 73
The Importance of Soteriology in the Sixteenth Century 73
The Shape of Arminius's Soteriology 76
Human Freedom and DivineGrace 77
Free Choice 77
Grace 79
Facere quod in se est 82
Predestination 83
Conditional Predestination 84
Predestination, Assurance, and the Consistency of Theological System 85
Vocation 93
Repentance 94
Faith 95
Faith as a Gift 96
Fides and Fiducia 98
Intellectualism and Voluntarism 100
Union and Communion with Christ 103
Justification 105
Conclusion 111
The Similarities 111
The Differences and Motivations 112
Sanctification, Perfection, and Apostasy 115
Sanctification in General 115
The Nature of Sanctification 115
The Necessity of Good Works 116
Sanctification as Cooperative and Progressive 119
The Efficacy of Sanctification 120
The State of the Unregenerate 120
The State of the Regenerate 122
The Possibility of Perfection 126
The Duration of Sanctification 130
Perseverance and the Possibility of Apostasy 130
The Conditions of Apostasy 135
Conclusion 140
The Epistemology of Salvation
The Undermining of Assurance 145
The Epistemology of Salvation 145
Arminius's View of the Dialectical Problem of Assurance 149
The Two "Pests of Religion and of Souls" 150
The Dialectic and Its History 152
The New Testament and Patristic Period 153
The Medieval Period 157
Luther and the Continental Reformed Movement 161
The English Reformed Movement 165
Summary of the Preceding Tradition 172
The Dialectic in Arminius and His Colleagues 173
The Dialectic and Reformed Soteriology 180
Desperatio as the Effect of Reformed Soteriology 181
Securitas as the Effect of Reformed Soteriology 187
Implications for Reformed Soteriology 190
Conclusion 192
The Grounding of Assurance 194
Certainty 194
Certainty in General 194
The Nature of the Certainty of Salvation 195
A Posteriori Grounding: Subjective Confirmation of Salvation 198
The Testimonies of Salvation 198
Vocabulary 198
The Inventory of Testimonies 199
Sensus Fidei 201
Testimonium Spiritus Sancti 202
Lucta 202
Bona Opera 203
Syllogismus Practicus 205
Lack of Testimony 209
A Priori Grounding: The Objective Foundation of Salvation 213
The Promise of God 214
The Predestination of God 216
The Will of God 217
Arminius and the Duplex Dei Amor 219
Background of the Duplex Dei Amor 219
Creation and Love 221
Antecedent and Consequent Love 224
Love and the Fundamenta 227
Comparison 232
Implications for Assurance and Doubt 232
Faith and Hope 234
Conclusion 236
Ontology and Epistemology of Salvation 236
Arminius's Soteriology in the Context of Reformed Orthodoxy 237
Assurance as a Principal Point of Departure 243
Fourth Repetition of Theological Disputations at Leiden 245
Arminius, De Bonis Operibus (Hellerus, 1603) 248
Arminius, De Fide (Neraeus, 1605) 254
A Comparison of Causality in Arminius, Kuchlinus, and Gomarus 262
Works Cited 267
Disputations 267
Other Primary Sources 269
Secondary Works 274
Name Index 281
Subject Index 283
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