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With forewords by both Joel Beeke and John MacArthur, you would be right to expect something special from this book. Curt Daniel’s The History and Theology of Calvinism is the result of decades of study and teaching. It provides a comprehensive overview of Calvinism in two sections: the “History” surveys the Reformed theologians and preachers, the development of the theology and the major...

Herman Witsius (1636–1708).15 Cocceius strongly opposed scholasticism, even though he himself produced a systematic theology. There were lengthy and sometimes bitter debates between the followers of Cocceius (the Cocceians) and of Voetius (the Voetians). The former were accused of weakening the Sabbath and being too favorable to the new philosophy of René Descartes called Rationalism. The Cocceians replied that Reformed scholasticism did not have sufficient exegetical grounds. The three movements
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