System of Sacred Theology · §2.14.7 · Ludwig Crocius

IV. Positive conclusions: eternal beatitude's earnest; life in Christ; image restoration

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IV. So far the porismata: there follow positive statements. (1–2) True beatitude is in God alone. (3) The earnest of eternal beatitude in this life is not separated from it as a pledge. (4) Eternal life is not in us and the world, but in Christ. (5) Restoration of the divine image in man begins in this life. (6) The principal good of eternal life is union with God. (7) Diligent and religious meditation on eternal life leads to piety and loathing of sin — Cap. 14 close before CHAPTER FIFTEEN on eternal death.

Latin

IV. Hucusque porismata: Sequuntur affirmationes. 1–2. Vera beatitudo in solo Deo. 3. Aeternae beatitudinis praemium in hac vita ab ea non separatur ut pignus. 4. Vita aeterna non in nobis & mundo, sed in Christo. 5. Imaginis divinae instauratio in homine incipit in hac vita. 6. Bonum vitae aeternae principale, unio videlicet cum Deo. 7. Diligens & religiosa vitae aeternae meditatio ad pietatem & peccati fastidium conducit — Cap. 14 close ante CAPUT DECIMUMQUINTUM de aeterna morte.

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Ludwig Crocius's System of Sacred Theology (Bremen, 1636), all four books: theology and its rule in Scripture; man's last end, death and the resurrection; God, the Trinity, creation, providence and sin; and the grace of Christ, the Word and sacraments, faith, the Christian life and prayer.

Ludwig Crocius (1586–1655) taught theology and philosophy at Bremen and sat as a delegate at the Synod of Dort (1618–1619). A Calvinist of the irenic school, he spent his career seeking common ground between the Reformed and Lutheran churches.

His System of Sacred Theology (Bremen, 1636) is a full Reformed dogmatics in the high-orthodox style: precise definitions, ordered questions, objections raised and answered.

Date1636 AD (Bremen; Reformed professor)

EditionSyntagma sacrae theologiae (Bremen: Berthold Villerian, 1636)

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