Treatise on Grace: and Other Posthumously Published Writings
Aug 2022 · Lutterworth Press
Ebook
144
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
Before its first publication in 1971, the three essays that comprise Jonathan Edwards' Treatise on Grace had never appeared in a collection. This book presents these three rare pieces and his Essay on the Trinity along with brief introductory sketches to their context and their relevance to his more widely known work. The concept of divine grace was a pivotal notion in the theology of Jonathan Edwards. He had inherited a 'covenant' theology from his Puritan forebears, which supposed that the Holy Spirit was the 'agency of application' through which the Father granted grace to the elect after the Son's sacrifice. In these essays, Edwards attempts to modify this inherited doctrine. Instead of being the 'agency of application' utilised by the Father, Edwards suggests that the Holy Spirit is the gift given itself. The Treatise on Grace is a classic work of American theology from one of the country's most important theologians.
About the author
Jonathan Edwards was an eighteenth-century American Congregationalist theologian and is widely regarded as one of the country's most important religious thinkers. He was born at the turn of the century in Connecticut and was educated at Yale. He played a crucial role in creating the First Great Awakening in Protestant Christianity, a revival of Evangelicalism that spread throughout Britain and its American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s. Paul Helm is a Reformed British philosopher and theologian educated at Worcester College, Oxford. He has taught at Regent College, the University of Liverpool, Highland Theological College and King's College London.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
