Gisbertus Voetius: Toward a Reformed Marriage of Knowledge and Piety

by Joel Beeke

Publisher:

Reformation Heritage

, 1999

Overview

This booklet aims to introduce Voetius to an English readership and to show how he wed a reformed scholastic methodology to a heartfelt piety. The church today needs Voetius’ balance of systematic and experiential theology to promote what John Murray has aptly called “intelligent piety.”

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Key Features

• Aims to introduce Voetius to English readers
• Intends to show how Voetius wed a reformed scholastic methodology to a heartfelt piety
• Provides a balance between systematic and experiential theology

Contents

Top Highlights

“Faith consists of intellectual knowledge of truth, hearty assent to the truth, and childlike trust in the truth.^{13” (Pages 21–22)}

“incomprehensible in its operations, there is nothing uncertain about its sources or its effects” (Page 22)

“Our works do not precede us to justify us, but they follow our being justified.” (Page 25)

“faith itself involves the intellect as well as the will” (Page 19)

Product Details

• Title: Gisbertus Voetius: Toward a Reformed Marriage of Knowledge and Piety
• Author: Joel Beeke
• Series: Guidance from Church History
• Publisher: Reformation Heritage
• Print Publication Date: 1999
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 36
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Voet, Gijsbert, 1589-1676; Apologetics; Pietism › Netherlands--History--17th century
• ISBNs: 1892777185, 9781892777188
• Resource ID: LLS:GSBRTSVTSRFRMDM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:24:33Z

About Joel Beeke

Joel R. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, and editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth. He has written, coauthored, or edited over 70 books.