System of Sacred Theology · §2.6.11 · Ludwig Crocius

IV. Scripture reveals the last day as not far; signs of Christ's approach — Jews' conversion, gospel preaching

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IV. But God has revealed in Scripture an indefinite time of the last day, and various things signify that it is not so very remote from this our age. Some declare simply that Christ's advent is approaching; others are immediately joined with Christ's advent. Of the former mark are: (1) the conversion of the Jews predicted (Romans 11:25; Revelation 3:9 and 7:4–8) — see Finus Hadrianus in The Scourge of the Jews book 7, chapter 20; (2) the preaching of the Gospel through the whole world, as Augustine wills (letters 78 and 80 to Hesychius), Jerome on Matthew chapter 24, Origen tractate 28 on Matthew, Prosper's reply to the fourth chapter of the Gauls, Ambrose on Luke book 10, the author of the Incomplete Work homily 48 on Matthew, Damascene On the Orthodox Faith book 4, chapter 27. From the more recent: Lyra, Cajetan, Maldonatus on Matthew 24, Bellarmine On the Roman Pontiff book 3, chapter 4, Suarez disputation 50, tome 2.

Latin

IV. Indefinitum vero tempus extremi diei Deus in scriptura revelavit, idque ab nostra hac aetate non usque adeo remotum esse varia significant. Alia declarant simpliciter adventum Christi appropinquare; alia vero cum adventu Christi sunt immediate conjuncta. Prioris notae sunt: 1. conversio Judaeorum praedicta Rom. 11.25. Apoc. 3.9. & 7.4.5.6.7.8. Vide Finum Hadrianum in Judaeorum flagello lib. 7. cap. 20. 2. praedicatio Euangelii per universum orbem, ut vult Augustinus epist. 78. & 80. ad Hesychium, Hieronymus in Matth. cap. 24. Origenes tract. 28. in Matth. Prosper resp. ad 4. cap. Gallorum. Ambrosius lib. 10. in Lucam. Auctor operis imperfecti homil. 48. in Matth. Damascenus lib. 4. de orthod. fide cap. 27. E recentioribus Liranus, Cajetanus, Maldonatus in cap. 24. Matth. Bellarminus lib. 3. de Rom. pontif. cap. 4. Suarez disp. 50. tom. 2.

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Ludwig Crocius's System of Sacred Theology (Bremen, 1636), all four books: theology and its rule in Scripture; man's last end, death and the resurrection; God, the Trinity, creation, providence and sin; and the grace of Christ, the Word and sacraments, faith, the Christian life and prayer.

Ludwig Crocius (1586–1655) taught theology and philosophy at Bremen and sat as a delegate at the Synod of Dort (1618–1619). A Calvinist of the irenic school, he spent his career seeking common ground between the Reformed and Lutheran churches.

His System of Sacred Theology (Bremen, 1636) is a full Reformed dogmatics in the high-orthodox style: precise definitions, ordered questions, objections raised and answered.

Date1636 AD (Bremen; Reformed professor)

EditionSyntagma sacrae theologiae (Bremen: Berthold Villerian, 1636)

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