System of Sacred Theology · §4.6.3 · Ludwig Crocius

VI–XIII. Degrees and modes: public preaching, singular revelation, direct and indirect

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VI. The degrees of heavenly calling are those according to which it is either of public preaching or of singular revelation.

VII. That of public preaching is that by which the grace of redemption is announced to the whole world and seriously offered (Matt. 28:19; Acts 17:30; Col. 1:28). VIII. Singular revelation is ordinary or extraordinary. IX. The ordinary is that which the Holy Spirit used under the Old Testament in responses from the mercy-seat and through Urim and Thummim.

XI. It is direct or indirect. XIII. Indirect is that by which the Holy Spirit leads humans to Christ through secondary means. Sufficient calling is that which is seriously proposed to all humans; abundant calling is that which is efficaciously applied to the elect.

Latin

VI. Gradus supernae vocationis sunt, secundum quos 1. est publicae praedicationis aut singularis revelationis. VII. Publicae praedicationis est, qua gratia redemtionis toti mundo annunciatur & serio offertur, Matth. 28:19; Act. 17:30; Col. 1:28. VIII. Singularis revelationis est ordinaria aut extraordinaria. IX. Ordinaria est, qua Spiritus sanctus usus est sub V.T. in responsis ex propitiatorio & per Urim & Thummim. XI. Est directa aut indirecta. XIII. Indirecta est, qua Spiritus sanctus per media secundaria homines ad Christum ducit. Sufficiens vocatio est quae omnibus hominibus serio proponitur; abundans quae electis efficaciter applicatur.

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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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