Lillback, Peter A, <br/><br/>
The binding of God :  Calvin's role in the development of covenant theology /  [print] 
Peter A. Lillback. 
 - Grand Rapids, Michigan :  Baker Academic ;  [(c)2001. Carlisle, Cumbria [England] :  Paternoster,  [(c)2001. 
 - 331 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - Texts and studies in Reformation and post-Reformation thought .
 - Texts and studies in Reformation and post-Reformation thought. .
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<br/><br/> Conflicting interpretations of Calvin's use of the covenant  part 1. The genesis of covenant theology : the conception of the covenant in Calvin's historical contest. The covenant idea in late medieval society and theology  The covenant in the theology of Martin Luther  The emergence of the covenant idea in the Zurich and Strassburg Reformations  The exegesis of the covenant in Genesis 17 : the hermeneutical watershed between Wittenberg and the Swiss Reformations  part 2. The genius of Calvin's covenant thought. Calvin's conception of the covenant  Continuity and discontinuity in Calvin's history of the covenant  Calvin's view of the mutuality and conditionality of the covenant  Christ and the covenantal benefits of salvation  The agreement of law and gospel in the covenant of mercy : Calvin's use of the Scholastics' Covenant of Acceptance  Covenant, predestination, and hypocrisy in Calvin's theology  Covenant-breaking, Reformation, and resistance  The covenantal context of the sacraments  Covenant-keeping and the Christian life  Is there a covenant of works in Calvin's theology? ;   Conclusion. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801022630 9780801022630 1842271091 9781842271094 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001025758 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA2-55682 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Covenant theology--History of doctrines--16th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT155.B563 2001 BT155.L729.B563 2001