Theoretical-Practical Theology, Volume 5: The Application of Redemption and the Church - Hardcover

Petrus Van Mastricht

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798886861952

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books, 2025

Synopsis

Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretical-Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic, elenctic, and practical. As a body of divinity, it combines a rigorous, scholastic treatment of doctrine with the pastoral aim of preparing people to live for God through Christ. Students and pastors will find it a valuable model for moving from the text of Scripture to doctrinal formulation that will edify the people of God.

Volume 5, The Application of Redemption and the Church, examines how the covenantal grace procured by Jesus Christ touches all who experience union and communion with Him in faith. Mastricht’s outline of the personal application of redemption embraces calling, regeneration, conversion, union with Christ, justification, adoption, sanctification, and glorification. This is followed with the context of that application, treating the nature of the church, its ministers, its sacraments, church discipline, and church governance. This volume helps us understand the significance of personal salvation and Christ’s assembly of the saved—a fascinating look at the redemptive connection between soteriology and ecclesiology.

Contents

Preface
Abbreviations

Part 1 Continued: Prolegomena and Faith

Book Six: The Application of Redemption

1. The Nature of Application
2. The Calling of Those to Be Redeemed
3. The Regeneration of Those to Be Redeemed
4. The Conversion of Those to Be Redeemed
5. The Union of Those to Be Redeemed with Christ
6. The Justification of Those to Be Redeemed
7. The Adoption of Those to Be Redeemed
8. The Sanctification of Those to Be Redeemed
9. The Glorification of Those to Be Redeemed

Book Seven: The Church and Church Matters

1. The Nature of the Church
2. The Ministers of the Church
3. The Sacraments of the Church
4. The Sacraments of Regeneration
5. The Sacraments of Nourishment
6. Church Discipline
7. Church Government

Scripture Index
Board of the Dutch Reformed Theological Society
Subject Index

About this title

About the Authors

Petrus van Mastricht (1630–1706) was a Dutch theologian who studied at Utrecht under Gisbertus Voetius and Johannes Hoornbeeck. He pastored churches in the Netherlands and taught at the universities of Duisburg and Utrecht. His Theoretical-Practical Theology was praised by many as one of the great works of systematic theology and is noted for treating Christian doctrine comprehensively from its exegetical foundations to its practical use for one’s soul.

Joel R. Beeke is chancellor and professor of homiletics and systematic theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798886861952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 697