W. P. Stephens
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198263630
- eISBN:
- 9780191682629
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263630.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, History of Christianity
This chapter explores the sovereignty of God, a fundamental element in Zwingli's thought that affects all aspects of his theology. For Zwingli, the life of the church and the teaching of the church ...
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This chapter explores the sovereignty of God, a fundamental element in Zwingli's thought that affects all aspects of his theology. For Zwingli, the life of the church and the teaching of the church had lost their centre in God. He was concerned to see that both theology and the Christian life recover that centre. This challenge is characteristic of Zwingli's writings from the start. His conviction of God's sovereignty can be seen in his understanding of providence and predestination. The sense of God's providence is also apparent with Zwingli, which suggests a personal experience and an intellectual conviction. Both A Commentary and The Providence of God show that Zwingli's method is sometimes as much logical as theological.Less
This chapter explores the sovereignty of God, a fundamental element in Zwingli's thought that affects all aspects of his theology. For Zwingli, the life of the church and the teaching of the church had lost their centre in God. He was concerned to see that both theology and the Christian life recover that centre. This challenge is characteristic of Zwingli's writings from the start. His conviction of God's sovereignty can be seen in his understanding of providence and predestination. The sense of God's providence is also apparent with Zwingli, which suggests a personal experience and an intellectual conviction. Both A Commentary and The Providence of God show that Zwingli's method is sometimes as much logical as theological.
Bruce Kuklick
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780199260164
- eISBN:
- 9780191597893
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199260168.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy
From 1750–1850, a philosophical theology rooted in the work of Jonathan Edwards dominated speculative thought in America. A group of Edwards's students, followers of ‘New Divinity,’ were led by ...
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From 1750–1850, a philosophical theology rooted in the work of Jonathan Edwards dominated speculative thought in America. A group of Edwards's students, followers of ‘New Divinity,’ were led by Joseph Bellamy, Samuel Hopkins, and Nathaniel Emmons, who defended both God's sovereignty and human free will. They eventually professionalized in schools of theology led by Charles Hodge at Princeton, and, at Yale by Nathaniel William Taylor, a brilliant innovator and expositor of ideas that injected Scottish realism into theological debate.Less
From 1750–1850, a philosophical theology rooted in the work of Jonathan Edwards dominated speculative thought in America. A group of Edwards's students, followers of ‘New Divinity,’ were led by Joseph Bellamy, Samuel Hopkins, and Nathaniel Emmons, who defended both God's sovereignty and human free will. They eventually professionalized in schools of theology led by Charles Hodge at Princeton, and, at Yale by Nathaniel William Taylor, a brilliant innovator and expositor of ideas that injected Scottish realism into theological debate.
