PRO REGE

LIVING UNDER CHRIST’S KINGSHIP

Volume 1: The Exalted Nature of Christ’s Kingship

ABRAHAM

KUYPER

Edited by John Kok with Nelson D. Kloosterman

Translated by Albert Gootjes

Acton Institute

for the study of religion and liberty

Pro Rege: Living under Christ’s Kingship

Volume 1: The Exalted Nature of Christ’s Kingship

Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology

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Originally published as Pro Rege of het Koningschap van Christus, door Dr. A. Kuyper. Kampen: J. H. Kok, 1911–1912.

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Translator: Albert Gootjes

Acton Editorial: Nelson D. Kloosterman, John Kok

Lexham Editorial: Brannon Ellis, Abigail Stocker, Joel Wilcox

Cover Design: Christine Gerhart

Back Cover Design: Brittany Schrock

ABRAHAM

KUYPER

Collected Works in Public Theology

GENERAL EDITORS

JORDAN J. BALLOR

MELVIN FLIKKEMA

AbrahamKuyper.com

CONTENTS

General Editors’ Introduction

Editors’ Introduction

Volume Introduction

Abbreviations

Foreword

Series I: The Darkening of Christ’s Kingship

I.1: Christ and Muhammad

I.2: Darkening among Christian Nations

I.3: Darkening in the Church

I.4: The General Apostasy

I.5: Humanity Is Great

I.6: The Religious Sense Diminished

I.7: Distracted Thinking

I.8: The Great World Cities

I.9: The Queen of the World

I.10: The Power of Money

I.11: The Dominion of Art

Series II: The Undermining of Christ’s Kingship

II.1: By the Grace of God

II.2: Humanity’s Dominion over Nature

II.3: Paradise No Longer

II.4: Miracles

II.5: The Miracles of Christ

II.6: The Power Given to Us

II.7: The Increase in Our Power

II.8: More Shrewd in Dealing with Their Own Generation

II.9: The World of the Spirits

II.10: The Influence of the Spirit World

II.11: Christ and Satan

II.12: The Wisdom of the World

II.13: Science in Christian Countries

II.14: Universalism

II.15: Spiritual Unity

II.16: The Course of the Centuries

Series III: The Kingship of Christ according to Scripture

III.1: The Notion of King

III.2: Dominion

III.3: Derived Authority

III.4: No Spiritualization

III.5: Universally Human

III.6: The Second Adam

III.7: Both Head ...