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A Body Of Divinity: Wherein The Doctrines Of The Christian Religion Are Explained And Defended - Softcover

Thomas Ridgley

 
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Synopsis

A Body Of Divinity: Wherein The Doctrines Of The Christian Religion Are Explained And Defended, Being The Substance Of Several Lectures On The Assembly's Larger Catechism by Thomas Ridgley. This dense Protestant doctrinal treatise offers a catechetical exposition of the Covenant of Grace, emphasizing typology, dispensations, and the person and offices of the Mediator, Jesus Christ. Written in a question?and?answer format, it defends Reformed covenant theology against rival interpretations (Socinian, Papist, Nestorian) and grounds its arguments in extensive cross?references between the Old and New Testaments. The work explores biblical types and their typological fulfillment in Christ, articulates the three dispensations within the covenant, affirms the unity of the Covenant across administrations, and treats Christology—the two natures, incarnation, and virgin birth—and the offices of Prophet, Priest, and King. It further addresses the Spirit, the church, the means of grace, church polity, and doctrinal authority, aiming to equip students and ministers for rigorous doctrinal debate through careful scriptural proofs and catechetical pedagogy.

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