Johannes Hoornbeeck, a monumental 17th century Dutch theologian: continuities in his thinking on doctrine and life
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Date
2016
Authors
Hofmeyr, J. W.
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Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State
Abstract
In this article on the 17th-century Johannes Hoornbeeck,
the initial focus is on the Further Reformation of which
Hoornbeeck was a representative. The focus then switches
to Hoornbeeck himself: the story of his life, of his written
legacy and of Hoornbeeck as a 17th-century theologian
and representative of the Further Reformation. This first
article focuses especially on his contributions in the field
of practical theology and homiletics, polemics and pastoral
theology. In a later article, the focus will move to his
contributions as a systematic theologian, as an historian,
as a missiologist, and as a socially engaged theologian
with an irenical and ecumenical orientation, in spite of him
being a strong polemicist. Though some aspects related
to scholasticism are already raised in the current article,
a further and deeper analysis of scholastic aspects in his
thinking will be highlighted in the second article.
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Hoornbeeck, Voetius, Further reformation, Practical theology
Citation
Hofmeyr, J.W. (2016). Johannes Hoornbeeck, a monumental 17th century Dutch theologian: continuities in his thinking on doctrine and life. Acta Theologica, 36(2), 19-48.