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The knowledge of God in Calvin's theology (Record no. 44208)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 97808028010740802801072
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BT98
Item number .D63 1994
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Dowey, Edward A. , Jr.
245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The knowledge of God in Calvin's theology
Remainder of title /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Edward A. Dowey, Jr.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement Expanded ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Grand Rapids, Mich. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1994
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xviii, 283 p.
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Dimensions 22 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. General characteristics of the knowledge of God -- Its accommodated character -- Its correlative character -- Its existential character -- Its clarity and comprehensibility -- 2. The duplex cognito domini -- 3. The knowledge of God the Creator -- The knowledge of God the Creator derived from Creation -- The sensus divinitatis -- The conscience -- The knowledge of God derived from the external world -- Calvin's evaluation of the revelation in Creation -- The knowledge of God the Creator derived from scripture -- The authority of scripture -- The inspiration of the writers of the Bible -- The witness of the Spirit to the authority of the Bible -- The knowledge content of scripture with reference to God the Creator -- The relation of the knowledge of God the Creator learned from Creation to that learned from scripture -- Conclusion -- 4. The knowledge of God the Redeemer -- Faith as knowledge -- The object of faith's knowledge -- The changing forms of the historical revelation -- Individual limitations of faith's knowledge -- The illumination of the mind by the Holy Spirit illumination -- The certainty of faith's knowledge -- Faith and election -- Faith and hope -- Calvin's definition of faith -- Beyond Calvin's formal definition -- Calvin's picture of existing faith -- Faith as mystical union with Christ -- The content of the knowledge of God the Redeemer -- 5. The relation between the knowledge of God the Creator and the knowledge of God the Redeemer -- Law and the knowledge of the Creator -- Law and the knowledge of the Redeemer -- The dialectical relationship -- 6. Influence of the twofold knowledge on the structure of Calvin's Theology -- The problem -- Literary form and thought structure -- A proffered conception of structure -- The twofold knowledge and faith -- Structure of "Bipolarity?" -- "Antithetical Structure?"
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Calvin, John, 1509-1564 Contributions in theology of knowableness of God.God Knowableness History of doctrines 16th century.
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