Saving the Reformation: The Pastoral Theology of the Canons of Dort

Saving the Reformation

Author: W. Robert Godfrey

There has been renewed interest in the five points of Calvinism among many Christians today. But these doctrines are not a product of the twenty-first century. So where did they come from, and why are they so important? Dr. W. Robert Godfrey takes us back to 1618-19 when the Canons of Dort were written in response to a mounting theological assault on Reformed Christianity. Now, for its four-hundredth anniversary, he offers a new translation and pastoral commentary on the canons, equipping the next generation with these God-glorifying truths.

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PART 1: HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

1. The New Church and the New State
2. The Synod of Dort

PART II: THE CANONS OF THE SYNOD OF DORT—A PASTORLA TRANSLATION

3. God’s Predestination
4. The Death of Christ and the Redemption of Humans through That Death
5. The Corruption of Humans, and the Conversion to God with Its Way of happening
6. The Perseverance of the Saints
7. Conclusion

PART III: AN EXPOSITION OF THE CANONS OF DORT

8. The Form of Canons
9. God’s Predestination
10. The Death of Christ and the Redemption of Humans through That Death
11. The Corruption of Humans, and the Conversion to God with Its Way of Happening
12. The Perseverance of the Saints
13. Conclusion
14. Closing Reflections

APPENDICES

• Appendix 1: Arminius: Anew Look
• Appendix 2: General Pattern in Each Head of Doctrine
• Appendix 3: An Outline of the Canons of Dort
• Appendix 4: Relation of the Positive Articles of the Canons to the Rejection of Errors
• Appendix 5: A New Translation of the Doctrinal Statement by the Synod of Dort on the Sabbath