Reformed Orthodoxy And Philosophy, 16251750 Gisbertus Voetius, Petrus Van Mastricht, And Ant... Book

Preface     ix
Abbreviations     xiii
Introduction     1
Reformed Orthodoxy and Philosophy     1
Dutch Reformed Theology and Its Broader Significance     5
Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676)     7
Petrus van Mastricht (1630-1706)     14
Anthonius Driessen (1684-1748)     20
Selected Theological Issues     27
Holy Scripture, Human Reason, and Natural Theology     29
Introduction     29
Voetius's Appreciation of Philosophy     29
Christian Aristotelianism in Support of Theology     29
Faith, Reason, and the Authority of Scripture     36
Van Mastricht's anti-Cartesian Eclecticism     54
Driessen's Reason: Proving Scripture's Divinity and Illuminated by Scripture     65
Natural Theology and Proofs for God's Existence     74
Creation, Mosaic Physics, Copernicanism, and Divine Accommodation     85
Introduction     85
Philosophy and Creation from Nothing     86
Issues in Mosaic Physics: Creation in Six Days, Substantial Forms, and Copernicanism     104
Creation in Six Days     105
Substantial Forms     113
Copernicanism     125
Theories ofAccommodation     133
The Providence of God, Secondary Causality, and Related Topics     143
Introduction     143
The Relation Between the First Cause and Secondary Causes     145
Voetius on Divine Predetermination, Secondary Causality, and Contingency     145
Van Mastricht: Defending the Priority of the First Cause     155
Driessen's Insistence on Real Secondary Causality     160
Freedom of the Human Will: Reservations and Defence     173
Voetius     174
Van Mastricht     179
Driessen     182
Divine Providence and Human Sinful Acts     188
Miracles: Reservations and Defence     197
Divine Providence and the View of History     212
Providence in History     212
History and Progress     217
The Future of the Church     226
The Human Being: His Soul and Body, Special Status, and Conscience     233
Introduction     233
The Relationship between Soul and Body, and the Immortality of the Soul     234
Voetius's Hylemorphist View of the Relationship between Soul and Body     234
Van Mastricht's Hylemorphist Opposition to Cartesian Dualism     243
Driessen's Dualistic Defense of Soul-Body Interaction and of the Soul's Immortality     249
The Image of God     259
The Special Status of Man     266
The Definition of Human Conscience and the Issue of Synderesis     270
Voetius     270
Van Mastricht     275
Driessen     277
Liberty of Conscience     282
Divine and Natural Law: Theological and Political Aspects     287
Introduction: Two Questions     287
Theological Conceptions of Divine and Natural Law     288
Law, Politics and the Issue of Toleration     305
Conclusions     325
Differences in Philosophical Alignments and in Theology     325
Development and Identity     327
The Priority of Christian Doctrine     329
Bibliography     333
Primary Sources     333
Manuscripts     333
Driessen, Van Mastricht and Voetius: Original Texts     333
Van Mastricht and Voetius: Modern Translations or Editions     342
Other Primary Sources     343
Secondary Sources     355
Reference Works     355
Other Secondary Works     357
General Index     383