of the
SYNOD OF DORT
translated from the latin, with notes,
by the
Rev. THOMAS SCOTT, D. D.
to which is added an
INTRODUCTORY ESSAY,
by the
Rev. SAMUEL MILLER, D. D.
Professor in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J.
PHILADELPHIA:
presbyterian board of publication
james russell, publishing agent
1841
I. PREFACE TO THE REFORMED CHURCHES; in which the rise and progress of those controversies in Belgium, for the removal of which this Synod was especially held, are briefly and faithfully related
Introduction to this Preface and the History contained in it, by the Author
The History (a translation with notes)
II. THE JUDGMENT of the National Synod of the reformed Belgic churches held at Dort, A. D. 1618, 1619; at which very many Theologians of the reformed churches of Great Britain, Germany, and France were present; concerning the five heads of doctrine, controverted in the Belgic churches. (Published May 5, 1619.)
III. ARTICLES OF THE SYNOD OF DORT, &c.
Introductory Remarks
Chapter I. On the doctrine of divine Predestination, in eighteen articles, (with Notes and References)
Chapter II. On the doctrine of the Death of Christ, and through it of the Redemption of Man, in nine articles, (with Notes, &c.)
Abbreviation (in one article) by Tilenus and Heylin
Rejection of Errors on the Second Chapter, in seven articles (with Notes, &c.)
Chapters III and IV. On the doctrine of Man’s corruption, and on the method of his conversion to God; in seventeen articles, (with Notes, &c.)
Abbreviation by Tilenus and Heylin, in two articles
Rejection of Errors on the third and fourth chapters, in nine articles (with Notes, &c.)
Chapter V. Of Doctrine.—Concerning the Perseverance of the saints, in fifteen articles, (with Notes, &c.)
Abbreviation by Tilenus and Heylin in one article, with their conclusion, and a remark upon it
The decision of the Synod, concerning the Remonstrants
IV. THE APPROBATION of the most illustrious and very powerful lords the states-general
Concluding remarks on this approbation
The convocation and proceedings of the Synod of Dort, may be considered as among the most interesting events of the seventeenth century. The Westminster Assembly of Divines was, indeed, more immediately interesting to British and American Presbyterians; and the works of that celebrated Assembly, as monuments of judgment, taste, and sound theology, have certainly never been equalled by those of any other uninspired ecclesiastical body that ever convened. Yet the Synod of Dort ...
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About The Articles of the Synod of DortIn his introductory essay, Samuel Miller notes that the “convocation and proceedings of the Synod of Dort may be considered as among the most interesting events of the seventeenth century.” Not “merely a meeting of the select divines of a single nation,” the 1618–1619 synod was “a convention of the Calvinistic world, to bear testimony against a rising and obtrusive error; to settle a question in which all the Reformed churches of Europe had an immediate and deep interest.” In this volume, British preacher and writer Thomas Scott presents the judgment of that year-long council in Dordrecht, convened to settle the controversy over Arminianism in Reformed churches. Scott presents the articles of the synod, translated from the Latin, along with a lengthy history of preceding events to add context to your study. Study this exciting period of the Reformation and explore the original fault lines of debates that have continued for centuries. |
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