The Dutch Further Reformation (Nadere Reformatie)

1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

   • What Do We Mean by the Dutch Further Reformation? Dr. Joel Beeke 53 min Open source Doctrinal ZRFC School of Theology 2015 (hosted by Kabwata Baptist Church, Lusaka), via SermonAudio
   • Joel Beeke on Teellinck's The Path of True Godliness (Open Book) Stephen Nichols with Joel Beeke Open source Doctrinal Ligonier Ministries
   • From Leiden to London: Anglo-Dutch Relations in the Early Modern Period Craig Hanson Open source History H. Henry Meeter Center, Calvin University Academic historians, several in the CRC milieu, not confessional subscribers in the school's sense; none of the retained lectures teaches doctrine. Retained strictly as history-context; the researcher's open question (whether history lectures by non-subscribers are acceptable) stands for the faculty.

   Total: 0.9 hours

2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

   • The Christian's Reasonable Service (4 vols., indexed PDFs and ePubs) Wilhelmus a Brakel (trans. Bartel Elshout, ed. Joel R. Beeke) 4 vols. Open source Doctrinal 1992 trans.. Free online
   • The Christian's Reasonable Service, Vol. 4 (PDF) Wilhelmus a Brakel Open source Doctrinal Free online
   • The Christian's Reasonable Service (Internet Archive, borrow) Wilhelmus a Brakel (trans. Bartel Elshout) 602 pp (this volume record) Open source Doctrinal 1992. Free online
   • The Path of True Godliness Willem Teellinck (ed. Joel R. Beeke) 303 pp Open source Primary text 2003. Free online
   • The Dutch Second Reformation Joel R. Beeke Open source History 1991. Free online
   • Orthodoxy and Piety in the Nadere Reformatie: The Theology of Simon Oomius Gregory D. Schuringa 9 pp (MAJT 20, pp. 95-103) Open source History 2009. Free online
   • Gisbertus Voetius (author page: Politicae Ecclesiasticae, Spiritual Desertions, Theological Disputations, Meditation on the True Practice of Godliness) Gisbertus Voetius Open source Primary text Free online

   Total: 914 pages

3. Assignment Write a research paper of 30 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.