Theological Latin and Dutch Reading Knowledge

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

   • Latinum Institute free intralinear Ecclesiastical Latin course Open source Supplementary Latinum Institute
   • Ecclesiastical Latin Course (Anglica Apparitor) Open source Supplementary Anglica Apparitor

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

   • Institutio Christianae Religionis (1559, Latin), CCEL vol. 1 John Calvin Open source Primary text 1559. Public domain Both are historians/editors in a denomination that now admits women to office (contrary to the historic reading of 1 Tim. 2-3 assumed by the Church Order of Dort and the Form of Church Government). Their items here are historical and editorial, not doctrinal instruction, and neither is known for teaching against the...
   • Institutio theologiae elencticae, vol. 2 (Latin, Edinburgh 1847) Francis Turretin 700 pp. Open source Primary text 1847. Public domain RCA has moved outside the confessional line on office and ethics; Beardslee is a translator/editor only. Keep as a translation; doctrine is Wollebius's and Turretin's own. If the EEBO-TCP text of Ross's 1650 Wollebius becomes reachable, prefer that public-domain translation. Intramural. Dort I.7 and WCF 3 are...
   • Synopsis purioris theologiae (Latin) Polyander, Rivet, Walaeus, Thysius xiv + 669 pp. Open source Primary text 1881. Public domain
   • Gereformeerde dogmatiek, Deel 1 (Dutch) Herman Bavinck Open source Primary text 1895. Public domain Intramural. Dort I.7 and WCF 3 are written in infralapsarian terms but tolerate supralapsarians (Gomarus, Twisse, Rutherford); Bavinck and Turretin are infralapsarian. Present as a permitted difference within both confessions; no removal. The Brakel PDFs were released free by the translator according to the 2011...
   • Magnalia Dei: onderwijzing in de christelijke religie naar Gereformeerde belijdenis Herman Bavinck Open source Primary text 1909. Public domain Intramural. Dort I.7 and WCF 3 are written in infralapsarian terms but tolerate supralapsarians (Gomarus, Twisse, Rutherford); Bavinck and Turretin are infralapsarian. Present as a permitted difference within both confessions; no removal. The Brakel PDFs were released free by the translator according to the 2011...
   • Dutch for Reading Knowledge (HT6105 Theological Dutch I), RTS syllabus, Fall 2024 Michael J. Douma 12 two-hour sessions Open source Supplementary 2024. Free online

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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.