Thesis (M.A.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Mass., 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [139-141]).

Thesis (M.A.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Mass., 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [139-141]).

Thesis (M.A.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Mass., 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [139-141]).

The Particular Baptists of England emerged in the middle of the seventeenth century around the time of the Revolution. The first half of this thesis looks at the history of the first two London Particular Baptist Confessions of Faith written in 1644 and 1689. It examines the history behind the making of both Confessions as well as the sources from which they drew their material. The second half of the thesis is a comparison study. Firstly, the two Baptist Confessions are compared with each other in the areas of the atonement, baptism, the Church, and religious liberty, to see if Particular Baptist beliefs had changed. Secondly, the 1689 Baptist Confession is compared with the two leading English Calvinistic Confessions of the seventeenth century, the Presbyterian Westminster Confession and the Congregationalist Savoy Declaration, in order to see their similarities and differences in the same four areas.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Bob Jones University, 1988. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 354-374).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [51]-65).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [51]-65).

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This dissertation is an attempt at a contextual interpre­ tation of the Canons of Dordt, by means of an analysis of various models of historical reconstruction. The role of Protestant scholasticism is discussed, as well as the traditional Reformed interpretation of the historical context of the Synod of Dordt, and the liberal and Marxist interpretations. It is argued that the Reformed idea of theocracy provides the best model for understanding the context of the Canons. A philosophical, sociological and historical analysis of this idea, as it is expressed in the Belgic Confession, Article 36, renders the conclusion that it is the self-legitimation of the church that is very problematical in this regard. This self-legitimation is intensified in the Canons. In the historical context this meant that the Canons provided the church and the government with a legitimation of authoritarian rule. This legitimation served to unite various political and economical interests in opposition to peace with Spain. / Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Sistematiese Teologie)

This dissertation is an attempt at a contextual interpre­ tation of the Canons of Dordt, by means of an analysis of various models of historical reconstruction. The role of Protestant scholasticism is discussed, as well as the traditional Reformed interpretation of the historical context of the Synod of Dordt, and the liberal and Marxist interpretations. It is argued that the Reformed idea of theocracy provides the best model for understanding the context of the Canons. A philosophical, sociological and historical analysis of this idea, as it is expressed in the Belgic Confession, Article 36, renders the conclusion that it is the self-legitimation of the church that is very problematical in this regard. This self-legitimation is intensified in the Canons. In the historical context this meant that the Canons provided the church and the government with a legitimation of authoritarian rule. This legitimation served to unite various political and economical interests in opposition to peace with Spain. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Sistematiese Teologie)