"After bringing Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics to an English-speaking audience, John Bolt has crowned the effort with this abridgment that will surely make the work accessible to a wider audience. For his commanding breadth of learning in biblical, systematic, historical, and philosophical theology as well as the rich depth of his exegetical and doctrinal insights, Bavinck stands out as the most important Reformed theologian of the nineteenth century. With Bolt's footnotes, obscure figures and debates are explained and their contemporary significance noted. This volume is a gift and a treasure, offering us one of the richest veins in the history of dogmatics."--__Michael Horton__, Westminster Seminary California  
  
__Praise for Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics__   
"Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--__J. I. Packer__, Regent College  
  
"Finally Bavinck becomes available to the English-speaking world. The Dutch version has been a constant stimulus for students, pastors, and other interested Christians. It has shaped generations of theologians and helped them to preach, think, and act on a fresh, Reformed basis. The strength of Bavinck's dogmatics is that it's neither conservative nor progressive, but its biblical character makes it constantly up-to-date."--__Herman Selderhuis__, Theologische Universiteit Apeldoorn  
  
"What a wonderful gift to the English-speaking theological world! The topics explored by Bavinck are still of the utmost importance, and he addresses them here in a theological voice that is amazingly fresh."--__Richard J. Mouw__, Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, Calvin University  
  
"Bavinck is one of the premier Reformed theologians, but till now much of his magnum opus has not been accessible to English-language readers. We owe a great debt of gratitude to those who have made the treasures of Bavinck's thought available to a new world of appreciative hearers."--__Donald K. McKim__, editor, Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith

__Herman Bavinck__ (1854-1921) succeeded Abraham Kuyper as professor of systematic theology at the Free University of Amsterdam in 1902. __John Bolt__ (PhD, University of St. Michael's College) is professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he has taught for more than twenty years.

Herman Bavinck's 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. Now 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, 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 materials, making available to a wider audience some of the finest Dutch Reformed theology ever written.  
  
__Praise for Reformed Dogmatics__ "Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, Regent College

An accessible one-volume summary of the English translation of Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, one the most important theological works of the twentieth century.

__Part I: Prolegomena: Introduction to Dogmatic Theology__ 1. Dogmatic Theology as a Science  
2. The History and Literature of Dogmatic Theology  
3. Foundations of Dogmatic Theology  
4. Revelation  
5. Holy Scripture  
6. Faith  
__Part II: The Triune God and Creation__ 7. Knowing God  
8. The Living, Acting God  
9. The Triune God and His Counsel  
10. Creator of Heaven and Earth  
__Part III: Humanity and Sin__ 11. The Image of God  
12. The Fallen World  
13. Sin and Its Consequences  
__Part IV: Christ the Redeemer__ 14. The Only-Begotten Son of the Father  
15. The Servant Savior: Christ's Humiliation  
16. The Exalted Lord Christ  
__Part V: The Holy Spirit and Salvation in Christ__ 17. The Order of Salvation  
18. Calling and Regeneration  
19. Faith and Conversion  
20. Justification, Sanctification, and Perseverance  
__Part VI: The Spirit Creates a New Community__ 21. The Church as a Spiritual Reality  
22. The Spirit's Means of Grace  
__Part VII: The Spirit Makes All Things New__ 23. The Intermediate State  
24. The Return of Christ  
25. The Consummation  
Indexes

Bavinck, Herman

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Editor’s Preface

Abbreviations

PART I: PROLEGOMENA: INTRODUCTION TO DOGMATIC THEOLOGY

1. Dogmatic Theology as a Science

2. The History and Literature of Dogmatic Theology

3. Foundations of Dogmatic Theology

4. Revelation

5. Holy Scripture

6. Faith

PART II: THE TRIUNE GOD AND CREATION

7. Knowing God

8. The Living, Acting God

9. The Triune God and His Counsel

10. Creator of Heaven and Earth

PART III: HUMANITY AND SIN

11. The Image of God

12. The Fallen World

13. Sin and Its Consequences

PART IV: CHRIST THE REDEEMER

14. The Only Begotten Son of the Father

15. The Servant Savior: Christ's Humiliation

16. The Exalted Lord Christ

PART V: THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SALVATION IN CHRIST

17. The Order of Salvation

18. Calling and Regeneration

19. Faith and Conversion

20. Justification, Sanctification, and Perseverance

PART VI: THE SPIRIT CREATES A NEW COMMUNITY

21. The Church as a Spiritual Reality

22. The Spirit's Means of Grace

PART VII: THE SPIRIT MAKES ALL THINGS NEW

23. The Intermediate State

24. The Return of Christ

25. The Consummation

Scripture Index

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes

Back Cover

Herman Bavinck's 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. Now 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, 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 materials, making available to a wider audience some of the finest Dutch Reformed theology ever written.  
  
Praise for Reformed Dogmatics  
"Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, Regent College

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