The Holy Spirit―The Helper (Volume 7) (The Complete Works of John Owen) - Hardcover

Owen, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1433560208 ISBN 13: 9781433560200

Publisher: Crossway, 2022

Synopsis

Crossway Introduces the Collected Works of John Owen, Updated for Modern Readers

Regarded as one of the greatest theologians in history, 17th-century pastor John Owen remains influential among those interested in Puritan and Reformed theology. The Complete Works of John Owen brings together all of Owen’s original theological writing, including never-before-published work, reformatted for modern readers in 40 user-friendly volumes.

Volume 7, The Holy Spirit―The Helper, includes the treatises “The Reason of Faith” and “The Causes, Ways, and Means of Understanding the Mind of God as Revealed in His Word.” Exploring the topics of illumination and biblical interpretation, it features 50 pages of helpful introductions by editor Andrew Ballitch, along with outlines, footnotes, and other supporting resources.

Released over a number of years, The Complete Works of John Owen will inspire a new generation of Bible readers and scholars to deeper faith.

• Edited and Formatted for Modern Readers: Presents Owen’s original work, newly typeset with outlines, text breaks, headings, and footnotes
• Informative New Introductions: Provide historical, theological, and personal context
• Supporting Resources Enhance Reading: Include extensive annotations with sources, definitions, and translations of ancient languages
• Part of the Complete Works of John Owen Collection: Will release 40 hardcover volumes over a number of years
• Perfect for Churches and Schools: Ideal for students, pastors, theologians, and those interested in the Holy Spirit and the Puritans

About this title

About the Authors

John Owen (1616–1683) was vice-chancellor of Oxford University and served as adviser and chaplain to Oliver Cromwell. Among the most learned and active of the Puritans in seventeenth-century England, he was accomplished both in doctrine and practical theology.

Andrew S. Ballitch (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the associate pastor of preaching and ministries at Westwood Alliance Church in Ontario, Ohio. He has taught church history courses at Boyce College, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Crown College, and has published and edited numerous books and articles on the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Puritans.

Lee Gatiss (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the director of Church Society and a fellow in church history and Anglicanism at the Greystone Theological Institute. He is also chairman of The Global Anglican and on the editorial board of Studies in Puritanism and Piety. He has written or edited more than fifty books on the Bible, theology, and church history. He and his family serve at Christ Church, Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Shawn D. Wright (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as professor of church history at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and as pastor of leadership development at Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He has published or edited books on ecclesiology, Calvinism, and the life and theology of Theodore Beza. He is married to Gretchen, and they are the parents of five sons.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crossway
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433560208
• ISBN 13: 9781433560200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Ballitch Andrew S.