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Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretical and Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic, elenctic, and practical. As a body of divinity, it combines a rigorous, scholastic treatment of doctrine with the pastoral aim of preparing people to live...

IX. Fifth, a twofold application of the explained argument: the dogmatic, which concerns the truth of the argument, and the practical, which concerns its goodness. Again, the dogmatic either pursues another truth to be confirmed by our argument, or a falsehood to be refuted by its assistance. From the prior arises the informatory use, which employs dogmatic argument for the purpose of strengthening another certain dogma of religion. Regarding the informatory use, these
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