Covenant theology has always been integral to Reformed theology. In the seventeenth century, Reformed covenant theology grew in precision and detail. In the early 1640s, Scotsman David Dickson (1583–1662) popularized the term covenant of redemption. The doctrine this term represents existed long before Dickson, but it became more popular among Reformed theologians just as Owen was entering his public career. The covenant of redemption refers to an eternal covenant between the