The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology
Subtitle: a comparison between seventeenth-century Particular Baptist and paedobaptist federalism
Publisher: Solid Ground Christian Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Birmingham, AL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781599253251
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Hypothesis; title: Methodology and original sources: Confessions of faith and catechisms; title: Paedobaptist and Baptist theologians; title: John Owen the Baptist; title: Brief historical overview of covenant theology; title: The covenant of works: Description and function of the covenant of works; title: The relationship between the covenant of works and the old covenant; title: The covenant of grace: The covenant of grace in the seventeenth century: Socinianism and the covenant of grace; title: The covenant of grace as seen by the paedobaptists: One covenant under two administrations: A fundamental distinction between the substance and the administration; title: From the "one covenant under two administrations" model to the principle of succession; title: One covenant under two administrations: A generalized model; title: The covenant of grace as seen by Baptists: A covenant revealed progressively and formally concluded: Unity above all; title: Rejection of the Presbyterian model; title: The affirmation of the Baptist model: The covenant of grace revealed progressively; title: The covenant of grace fully revealed in the new covenant; title: The covenant of grace and the old covenant; title: Summary; title: A few comparisons between these two models: The hermeneutical comparisons; title: The theological comparisons: The way to enter into the covenant of grace; title: The range and effectiveness of grace in the covenant of grace; title: The unconditional nature of the covenant of grace; title: Conclusion; title: The old covenant: What does the expresion "old covenant" mean?: The cumulative aspect of the old covenant; title: A difficulty for paedobaptists: Solution1: The Mosaic covenant was unconditional; title: Solution 2: The Mosaic covenant was distinct from the covenant of grace adn concluded in Abraham; title: The Abrahamic covenant: The duality of the Abrahamic covenant: Two posterities and two covenants in Abraham; title: The intertwining of the two posterities under the old covenant; title: The Mosaic covenant: The goal of the old covenant; title: The nature of the old covenant; title: Conclusion and summary; title: The new covenant: The newness of the new covenant: The unconditional nature of the new covenant; title: The substance of the new covenant; title: Conclusion