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by Sinnema Donald (Author), Erik A. de Boer (Editor)
The Synod of Dordrecht (1618-1619) has monumental significance for Reformed churches. While officially assembled for the provinces of the Netherlands, it gathered an international cast of delegates to solidify a pan-European accord on Reformed doctrine. In this book, readers gain valuable historical perspective from Donald Sinnema, the world's leading authority on the Synod of Dordt. Sinnema opens with a helpful overview, summarizing the agenda and proceedings of four phases of the synod to capture the scope and magnitude of the gathering. Then Sinnema tackles various aspects of the synod with astounding detail and analysis. You will learn of procedural wranglings, dealings of church and state, how the Belgic Confession and Heidelberg Catechism were involved, disagreements among the delegates, and plenty about the consensus document known as the Canons of Dordt. A standard resource on the synod for years to come.
Contents
Preface
- The Synod of Dordt (1618-1619): An Overview
- Procedural Wrangling in the Remonstrant Case at Dordt
- The Belgic Confession at the Synod of Dordt
- The Heidelberg Catechism at the Synod of Dordt
- The Doctrine of Election at the Synod of Dordt
- Disagreements and Doctrinal Dissension among Delegates at the Synod of Dordt
- Church-State Entanglements at the Synod of Dordt
- The Missing Correspondence between the States General and Its State Delegates at the Synod
- Reformed Scholasticism and the Synod of Dordt
- The Church Order of Dordt in Historical Perspective
- Calvin and the Canons of Dordt
- Calvin as Viewed by Remonstrants at Dordt
- The Drafting of the Canons of Dordt
- The Canons of Dordt: Historical Context and Theology
- The Canons of Dordt: From Judgment on Arminianism to Confessional Standard
- Distortions of the Canons: The Tilenus Abbreviation, the Five Points of Calvinism, and TULIP
Appendix 1: Overview of Dordt Sessions
Appendix 2: Editions of the Canons of Dort (1619-2019)
Appendix 3: Bibliography of Sinnema Writings
Bibliography of Sinnema Writings
Name Index
Subject Index
Author Biography
Donald Sinnema is professor of theology emeritus, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois. He is also a general editor of Acta et Documenta Synodi Nationalis Dordrechtanae 1618-1619, a publication of all the documents of the Synod of Dordt in their original languages in ten volumes.
Erik de Boer is professor emeritus in church history, Theological University Utrecht and former director of the Center for Dutch Reformation Studies. He is also a general editor of Acta et Documenta Synodi Nationalis Dordrechtanae 1618-1619.
