PRO REGE

LIVING UNDER CHRIST’S KINGSHIP

Volume 3: The Kingship of Christ in Its Operation

ABRAHAM

KUYPER

Edited by John Kok with Nelson D. Kloosterman

Translated by Albert Gootjes

Introduction by Rimmer de Vries and Jordan J. Ballor

Pro Rege: Living Under Christ’s Kingship

Volume 3: The Kingship of Christ in Its Operation

Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology

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Originally published as Pro Rege of het Koningschap van Christus. Derde deel. Het Koningschap van Christus in zijn werking. © Kampen: J. H. Kok, 1912.

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Translator: Albert Gootjes

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ABRAHAM

KUYPER

Collected Works in Public Theology

GENERAL EDITORS

JORDAN J. BALLOR

MELVIN FLIKKEMA

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CONTENTS

General Editors’ Introduction

Editors’ Introduction

Volume Introduction

Abbreviations

Series IV: Christ’s Kingship and Society

IV.1: An Independent Sphere

IV.2: From Creation

IV.3: Twofold Demand

IV.4: Family and Society

IV.5: Fear of Danger

IV.6: The Expansion of Life

IV.7: The Expansion of the Terrain

IV.8: Society and the Individual

IV.9: Custom and Habit

IV.10: Gifted Leaders

IV.11: The Power of the Word

IV.12: Money

IV.13: Play

IV.14: The Woman

IV.15: Private Initiative

IV.16: The Government

IV.17: The Christian Church

IV.18: Christian Schools

IV.19: Christian Organizations

IV.20: Public Opinion

IV.21: Good and Evil Spirits

IV.22: The Final Victory

Series V: Christ’s Kingship and the State

V.1: The Confusion of Speech

V.2: The Division Into States

V.3: The Unity of the Human Race

V.4: The Course of History

V.5: The Rulers

V.6: The Law

V.7: Political Parties

V.8: Colonial Possessions

V.9: Internationalism

V.10: The Relationships between the States

V.11: The Christian Land

Series VI: Christ’s Kingship and Knowledge

VI.1: Our Human Knowledge

VI.2: Jesus’ Knowledge

VI.3: Science as a Power

VI.4: Reflection

VI.5: The Truth

VI.6: Thinking God’s Thoughts after Him

VI.7: The Secret Things of God

VI.8: The Hidden Secrets of God (2)

VI.9: The Hidden Secrets of God (3)

VI.10: The Freeing of the Mind

VI.11: Majesty

Series VII: The Kingship of Christ and Art

VII.1: A Gift of God

VII.2: The Ideal and the Practical

VII.3: The Beautiful

VII.4: The Mystery of Beauty

VII.5: Our Awareness of Beauty

VII.6: Beauty and Sin

VII.7: The Origin of Beauty

VII.8: Beauty in Christ

VII.9: The Sublime ...