Covenant Theology · Intermediate
Where Covenant Theology Came From
Covenant theology took shape after the Reformation, from Zwingli's defense of infant baptism against the Anabaptists in 1520s Zurich, through Bullinger, Heidelberg, Westminster, Cocceius, and Witsius, while the free churches and later the Baptists answered it from the New Testament.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
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How the covenant argument for infant baptism took shape in Zurich's debate with the Anabaptists
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The contributions of Bullinger, Ursinus and Olevianus, Westminster, Cocceius, and Witsius
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How the free churches and the Particular Baptists answered, and what the 1689 Confession changed
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Why a system's age, old or new, never settles whether it is true
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