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In this prefatory volume to the Reformed Dogmatics, Bavinck discusses the science, method, and organization of dogmatic theology. He gives deep insight into the differences that exist between the dogmatic theologies of Roman Catholics, Lutherans, and Reformists. Bavinck adeptly sets up the rest of his Reformed theology by defining his terms and his understanding of the nature of divine revelation...

law was distinguished and separated from the doctrine of the gospel. Then only judgments that one must believe and obey because of a mandate from God qualified as “dogmata.” Proceeding further on this road, Polanus also distinguished between the dogmas and the principles of theology. So dogma came to denote the articles of faith that were based on the Word of God and therefore obligated everyone to faith. Dogmatics, then, is the system of the articles of faith. THE CONTENT OF THEOLOGY [4] Still,
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