Van Mastricht

The general contours of the doctrine of Scripture are familiar. Orthodox Protestants confess that Scripture has God as its primary author and is self-authenticating, supremely authoritative, necessary for this age, clear enough to be understood by the masses, and sufficient as a rule of faith and...

Previously I discussed how Petrus van Mastricht, in the recently translated prolegomena of his Theoretical-Practical Theology , taught me to submit to the Word of God ( part 1 ), and how he gave me a biblical and balanced view of the use of reason in theology ( part 2 ). In this third and final...

In addition to modeling and teaching submission to the Word of God , Petrus van Mastricht-- in the recently translated prolegomena of his Theoretical-Practical Theology-- powerfully corrected my thinking on the relation of reason and theology. Reason is incorporated into theology. First and...

Books are marvelously powerful. Thomas Aquinas is said to have feared the "man of one book," and no wonder: a great book has great power to transform the soul. And in my own life, the recently translated prolegomena volume of Petrus van Mastricht's late seventeeth-century Theoretical-Practical...

While reading through Petrus Van Mastrichts' Theoretical-Practical Theology , I was intrigued to find his thoughts concerning scholastic theology. In his section on "the Nature of Theology," Van Mastricht wrote: "It is asked, must theology be taught according to a certain method? As an example of...