System of Sacred Theology · §3.16.6 · Ludwig Crocius

XXVI-XXXVIII: arcane and revealed; precise, modified, ample, limited

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XXVI. SIXTH, God's will is arcane or revealed. XXVII. Arcane is that which is hidden from the intelligent creature as long as it seems good to God — the good pleasure of Ephesians 1; it is not to be searched out, Deuteronomy 29:29. XXVIII. Revealed is that which is made plain by God's sign or by the event of the thing — the will of sign.

XXIX–XXXI. And it is precise or modified. XXXII–XXXIV. And it is ample or limited. XXXV–XXXVIII. And it is exploratory, promissory, or minatory — as Abraham's sacrifice in Genesis 22; promises and threats under a tacit condition.

Latin

XXVI. SEXTO, voluntas Dei est arcana aut revelata. XXVII. Arcana est quae creaturae intelligenti, quamdiu Deo visum, abscondita est — beneplacitum Ephes. I; non est perscrutanda, Deut. XXIX.29. XXVIII. Revelata est quae signo Dei aut eventu rei patefacta est — voluntas signi. XXIX-XXXI. Estque praecisa aut modificata. XXXII-XXXIV. Estque ampla aut limitata. XXXV-XXXVIII. Estque exploratoria, promissoria, aut comminatoria — ut Abrahami sacrificium Gen. XXII; promissiones et comminationes sub tacita conditione.

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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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