Federal Theology: Reformed Origins and the Cocceius-Voetius Debate
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Covenant doctrine in Zurich, Heidelberg and the Netherlands, from Bullinger, Ursinus and Olevianus to the debate between Cocceius and Voetius, set against WCF 7. Later Cocceian developments, including the Sabbath question, are studied critically and measured by the Standards.
These lists, taken from the school's verified research, are studied on your own at your own pace. The school's own classes, written as full teaching, open one at a time.
How to begin
- Enroll with a free account so the school keeps your place.
- Open the first class, lecture or reading and follow the order of the syllabus.
- Mark each lecture, reading and assignment complete when you finish it.
- Choose a weekly study goal to see when you will finish.
Syllabus
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Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.
- Heidelcast series: The Comfort of the Covenant (Caspar Olevianus) Dr. R. Scott Clark 36 episodes (Aug 2024 - May 2025) Open source Doctrinal Heidelberg Reformation Association / Westminster Seminary California
- The Origins of the Heidelberg Catechism in Ecumenical Perspective Lyle Bierma 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.
- What Do We Mean by the Dutch Further Reformation? Dr. Joel Beeke 53 min Open source Doctrinal ZRFC School of Theology 2015, via SermonAudio
Total: 0.9 hours