TY - JOUR
T1 - Reformed and Lutheran Responses to Richard Baxter
T2 - Theological Heterodoxy and the Synod of Dort
AU - van de Kamp, Jan
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - The English Reformed theologian Richard Baxter stated that he held a ‘middle way’ in the debate on soteriology within the Reformed persuasion, for which he drew on, among others, ‘all the Divines of Britain and Brem, in the Synod of Dort.’ This article will address the question of the extent to which the authority of the Canons of Dort played a role in the reception of his writings in the Netherlands and in Germany, among both Reformed and Lutheran readers. Whereas in the Netherlands some of Baxter’s works were criticized by theologians, in Germany far less criticism was evident, even by those who defended a particularist interpretation of the extent of the atonement. How can this difference be explained, and what role did the authority of Dort play in these responses?.
AB - The English Reformed theologian Richard Baxter stated that he held a ‘middle way’ in the debate on soteriology within the Reformed persuasion, for which he drew on, among others, ‘all the Divines of Britain and Brem, in the Synod of Dort.’ This article will address the question of the extent to which the authority of the Canons of Dort played a role in the reception of his writings in the Netherlands and in Germany, among both Reformed and Lutheran readers. Whereas in the Netherlands some of Baxter’s works were criticized by theologians, in Germany far less criticism was evident, even by those who defended a particularist interpretation of the extent of the atonement. How can this difference be explained, and what role did the authority of Dort play in these responses?.
KW - justification
KW - Lutheran
KW - reception
KW - Reformed
KW - Richard Baxter
KW - Synod of Dort
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U2 - 10.1080/14622459.2020.1760503
DO - 10.1080/14622459.2020.1760503
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085472472
SN - 1462-2459
VL - 22
SP - 148
EP - 157
JO - Reformation and Renaissance Review
JF - Reformation and Renaissance Review
IS - 2
ER -