The School of Faith: The Catechisms of the Reformed Church
Overview
With this book, Thomas Torrance gathers together in a single volume all Catechisms officially authorized and employed by the Church of Scotland since the Reformation, so that they may be conveniently studied together. His historical study is of great benefit to modern readers of Reformed theology.
- Title: The School of Faith: The Catechisms of the Reformed Church
- Author: Thomas F. Torrance
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 1996
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Reformed Church › Catechisms; Church of Scotland › Creeds
- ISBNs: 9781579100209, 1579100201
- Resource ID: LLS:SCHOOLOFFAITH
- Resource Type: Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:52:28Z
Thomas F. Torrance (August 30,1913–December 2, 2007) was a Protestant Christian theologian and professor of Christian dogmatics for 27 years at the University of Edinburgh. Torrance was influential in the dialogue between science and theology.
He began studying in Edinburgh in 1931, focusing on classics and philosophy. At that time his own realist views of philosophy, theology, and morality started to develop, and they continued to do so as he moved to the study of theology at the Faculty of Divinity in 1934. From 1939 to 1940 Torrance studied at Oriel College, Oxford. He was ordained as minister on March 20, 1940.
He has authored several works, including Divine and Contingent Order, Ground and Grammar of Theology, and The Christian Doctrine of God, One Being Three Persons. Besides writing many books and articles, Torrance also translated several hundred theological writings into English from other languages, including the thirteen-volume, six-million-word Church Dogmatics of the Swiss theologian Karl Barth (co-edited with G.W. Bromiley).