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OWEN, John (1616-1683).
[Theologoumena pantodapa] sive De natura, ortu, progressu, et studio
verae theologiae libri sex. Quibus etiam origines & processus veri & falsi cultus religiosi, casus
& instaurationes ecclesiae illustriores ab ipsis rerum primordiis enarrantur. Accedunt quoque
digressiones de gratia universali. Scientiarum ortu. Ecclesiae Romanae notis. Literarum origine.
Antiquis literis Hebraicis. Punctatione Hebraica. Versionibus S.S. ritibus Judaicis. Aliisque.
Franeker, Leonardus Strick, 1700.
4to. (28) 553 [= 551] (21) pp. With an engraved frontispiece.
Contemporary vellum.
500,-
Third Latin edition of Owen’s influential treatise on the nature, origin, development, and study of theological truth.
Perhapsmost striking about this work is its structure. Rather than choosing to express his theology using a synthetic
arrangement whereby the order of topics follows the order of being, moving, for example, from God to Trinity to
creation and so on, Owen chooses a more historically focused approach, moving from a definition of theology to
discussion of the history of theology framed by the various epochs of biblical history (before the Fall, after the Fall,
within the Noahic, Abrahamic, andMosaic covenants, and under the gospel). Underlying this choice of organization
is Owen’s fundamental belief that theology is relational. It depends upon the nature of the relationship that exists
between God the revealer and the one revealed, and humans, the recipients of that revelation. As Owen’s most
comprehensive statement of theology, this work is of great importance to any understanding of his thought.
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