System of Sacred Theology · §4.3.4 · Ludwig Crocius

XIX. Kingly munus: titles and pertaining acts

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It is called kingly because it properly belongs to a king to govern, judge, and defend his people. Christ is king (Zechariah 9:9; Revelation 17:14), prince of the kings of the earth (Revelation 1:5), prince of peace (Isaiah 9:6), leader (Matthew 2:6), ruler (Micah 5:2), and judge (Acts 10:42; 2 Timothy 4:8).

XIX. To the kingly office pertain (1) the calling and gathering of the church; (2) its governance by Word and Spirit; (3) defense against enemies; (4) the final judgment. The means by which the kingly office is administered in the church are chiefly the Word and the efficacy of the Holy Spirit, which ought by no means to be separated from each other.

Latin

Dicitur autem regium, quia regis proprie est gubernare, iudicare & defendere populum suum. Christus est rex, Zach. 9:9; Apoc. 17:14; princeps regum terrae, Apoc. 1:5; princeps pacis, Esa. 9:6; dux, Matth. 2:6; dominator, Mich. 5:2; iudex, Act. 10:42; 2 Tim. 4:8. XIX. Ad regium munus pertinent 1. vocatio & collectio ecclesiae; 2. gubernatio eius per verbum & Spiritum; 3. defensio contra hostes; 4. iudicium finale. Media, quibus regium munus administratur in ecclesia, potissimum sunt verbum & efficacia Spiritus S., quae a se invicem separari haud debent.

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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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