- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Baker Books; annotated edition edition (Aug 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 080105222X
- ISBN-13: 978-0801052224
- Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 2.2 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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A helpful tool for ministers, scholars, church leaders, and all who love the Reformed faith. -- R. C. Sproul
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In one convenient, parallel arrangement, Drs. Beek and Ferguson have harmonized seven important Reformed confessions that have never before been published together.
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Helpful Resource,
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This review is from: Reformed Confessions Harmonized (Paperback)
This is a harmonization of arguably the seven most important and widely used/accepted reformed confessions and catechisms. By the very nature of the work, it is utilitarian. What I mean is that each of these seven presentations of the reformed faith is better read in its entirety and straight through if you want to understand what the original writers were trying to accomplish, what they were battling against and the over all tone and spirit of the works. That way you get the continuity and flow of the particular document and doctrinal system. However, this tool is meant for those who would like a handy way to compare each of these seven statements of faith with each of the others on a particular point of doctrine and it does this very well. If you find yourself flipping through various books of confessions and catechisms with a small army of bookmarks and a ratty note book, this is the answer to your frustrations. However, if you would like to read any or all of these great statements of the faith all the way through, get them individually. In this format, there is too much repetition and skipping around (again, not a fault, just that this is a book designed with a very specific purpose in mind).Along with the helpful annotated bibliography and introduction, it might be helpful if future additions included footnotes as to where in other confessions these same doctrines might be found (like in the Genevan Catechism, Luther's Catechism, the Anglican 39 Articles, the 2nd London Baptist Confession of 1689, etc.). Of course it would be nice to see an updated bibliography too.
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Comparing the Great Reformed Confessions,
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This review is from: Reformed Confessions Harmonized (Paperback)
I love using this handy-dandy reference work. Included are seven historic reformed confessions--the Belgic Confession of Faith (1561), the Heidelberg Catechism (1563), and the Canons of Dort (1618-19), the Second Helvetic Confession (1566), the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646-47) and the Larger and Shorter Westminster Catechisms (1647)--side by side in seven column format, arranged by subject matter.And there's more! Also included are an introduction explaining the historical background of each of the seven confessions and an annotated bibliography. The bibliography is organized by subject, and points us to the best English works up through the twentieth century on the various topics of the confession, giving a short summary of each work. On the doctrine of God, for instance, there are twelve recommended works, from Charnock's classic, Discourses on the Existence and Attributes of God, to the more recent classic, J. I. Packer's Knowing God. This is a large book--8 1/2 x 11 and 288 pages--which helps make the seven columns easy to read for old fogies like me who have difficulty with fine print. It's paperback, but with the sort of heavy cover and pages that text books are made of, so I expect it to stand up to repeated use better than most paperback books. I love charts and comparing things, and that means I love this book for the format alone. I also love history and theology--and historic confessions, especially. You can't imagine how much I've enjoyed comparing the different confessions, seeing where they differ and where they all agree. This kind of book is not for everyone, I know, but I'm pretty sure there are at least a few others who love things like this as much as I do.
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An invaluable reference tool for the Reformed theologian,
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This review is from: Reformed Confessions Harmonized (Paperback)
The Scottish Presbyterian leader Sinclair Ferguson and Joel Beeke, an American seminary Professor, have both edited and compiled a wonderful and resourceful reference book for the Reformed Christian. This book offers a well-organized presentation of the major Reformed catechisms or confessional creeds side-by-side with the creeds reorganized to cover the various doctrines. The book cover doctrines such as: theology (the doctrine of God); anthropology (the doctrine of man); christology (the doctrine of Christ); soteriology (the doctrine of salvation); ecclesiology (the doctrine of the church); and eschatology (the doctrine of last things.) It features seven confessional creeds: the Belgic Confession of Faith (1561); the Heidelberg Catechism (1563); Second Helvetic Confession (1566); Canons of Dort (1618-19); and the various Westminster confessions (1647-48). The doctrines are annotated with footnotes and an extremely helpful bibliography of theology resources is included.
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