Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant (Reformed Historical-Theological Studies)

This volume is the most comprehensive treatment of Olevian s theology published to date. Reflecting an impressive breadth of research and depth of analysis, it delivers on its promise at the beginning to move beyond other works on Olevian's covenant thought by placing his doctrine of the covenant in context of his theology as a whole. In doing so, it offers, one might say, a duplex beneficium. First, it secures Olevian's reputation as a significant theologian in his own right and not simply as the failed reformer of Trier, the court preacher of Heidelberg, or an author of the Heidelberg Catechism. Second, it accurately identifies his place in the development of Reformed theology as it passed from the Age of Reformation to the Age of Orthodoxy. Table of Contents: 1. Strangers and Aliens: International Calvinism in the Sixteenth Century 2. Caspar Olevian: Preacher to the Germans 3. Olevian's Scholastic Humanism 4. Olevian's Trinitarian Doctrine of God 5. Olevian's Federalist Christology 6. Justification: The First Benefit 7. Sanctification: The Second Benefit of the Covenant of Grace