System of Sacred Theology · §4.3.3 · Ludwig Crocius

XIV–XVI. Priestly office: preparation and function of the high priest

XIV. In the priesthood of Christ are considered preparation and function. XV. Preparation is that of the priests vocation and consecration, by which the Son of God is destined and anointed to the priestly office.

XVI. The function of the munus consists both in the oblation of the sacrifice for sins and in intercession with the Father. Our Christ is high priest (Hebrews 2:17; 4:14; 5:6; 10:21), the Lamb of God (John 1:36), our Passover (1 Corinthians 5:7), and advocate (1 John 2:1). Through sufferings He was consecrated to the priestly and kingly office.

Latin

XIV. In sacerdotio Christi considerantur praeparatio & functio. XV. Preparatio est sacerdotis is vocationis & consecrationis, qua Filius Dei ad munus sacerdotale destinatur & ungitur. XVI. Functio muneris consistit tum in oblatione sacrificii pro peccatis, tum in intercessione apud Patrem. Christus noster Heb. 2:11 & 4:14 summus sacerdos, Heb. 5:6 & 10:21, agnus Dei Ioh. 1:36, pascha nostrum 1 Cor. 5:7, advocatus 1 Ioh. 2:1. Per passiones ad sacerdotale & regium munus consecratus est.

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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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