System of Sacred Theology · §3.2.2 · Ludwig Crocius

I. Man's principle is God; Gen 1:26-27; Acts 17; theology must know God

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I. The principle of man is God. For man was created by God (Genesis 1:26-27).

But since man is from God and depends on Him above all else in theological reflection place to treat of God. For the theologian cannot lead man back to God his King and principle, and onward to eternal life, unless he has God known.

Hence the Apostle too (Acts 17:24-31) proclaims God the creator; and now commands all everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day of judgment through Christ raised from the dead.

Latin

I. Principium hominis est Deus. Nam a Deo homo conditus est Gen. 1.26-27. Quoniam vero homo a Deo est, & ab eo secundum considerationem Theologicam proxime dependet, hic locus proprius est, ubi de Deo agatur. Jam vero hominem ad Deum, regem & principium suum reducere & ad vitam aeternam deducere non potest Theologus, nisi DEUM cognitum habeat. Hinc & Apostolus Act. 17.24-31 Deum creatorem praedicat; nunc mandat omnibus ut resipiscant, eo quod statuit diem judicii per Christum a mortuis suscitatum.

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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)

English follows the 1636 Bremen Latin (Berthold Villerian), read chapter by chapter from the SLUB Dresden page images, with a machine reading of the same pages as a check. No modern English was copied. The author index at the end of the volume is not translated.

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