The Missing Public Disputations of Jacobus Arminius: Introduction, Text, and Notes(47 Brill's Series in Church History)

Jacobus Arminius (1559-1609) composed 61 public disputations during his brief tenure as professor of theology at Leiden University, 36 of which have never before been collected and published, and have been neglected by scholars for four centuries. This critical edition supplements the works of Arminius by presenting these texts in the original Latin, complete with notes and summaries in English. The texts are preceded by a helpful introduction to the genre of theological disputations. In addition, the question of disputation authorship is treated exhaustively for the first time, demonstrating Arminius's primary authorship of these documents.

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION PART I PROLEGOMENA TO THE DISPUTATIONS OF ARMINIUS CHAPTER ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY MODERN THEOLOGICAL DISPUTATIONS: THE CASE OF JACOBUS ARMINIUS I. General Background II. Types A. Public Disputations for a Degree B. Public Practice Disputations C. Private Disputations III. Content IV. Publication History V. Neglect VI. Importance CHAPTER TWO: AUTHORSHIP OF THE DISPUTATIONS I. A Typology of Positions II. Evidence A. Evidence in Favor of Professorial Authorship A.1. First-hand Claims of Authorship A.2. Professorial Defense of Theses A.3. Comparison with Other Writings A.4. Judgment of Contemporaries B. Potential Challenges to Professorial Authorship B.1. Primary Arguments B.2. Recent Arguments III. Conclusions CHAPTER THREE: SUMMARIES OF 36 DISPUTATIONS I. Order II. Summaries A. Holy Scripture B. God and Angels C. Creation and Fall of Humanity D. Restoration of Humanity and Law and Gospel E. Christology F. Faith and Justification G. Good Works H. Glorification I. Ecclesiology J. Sacraments K. Controversial PART II DISPUTATIONES PUBLICAE XXVI-LXI Editorial Remarks DISPUTATIO XXVI: DE SACRA SCRIPTURA DISPUTATIO XXVII: DE VERBO DEI SCRIPTO DISPUTATIO XXVIII: DE ESSENTIA DEI ET ATTRIBUTIS PRIMI GENERIS DISPUTATIO XXIX: DE ANGELIS DISPUTATIO XXX: DE CREATIONE HOMINIS AD IMAGINEM DEI DISPUTATIO XXXI: DE LAPSU PRIMI HOMINIS DISPUTATIO XXXII: DE PECCATO ORIGINALI DISPUTATIO XXXIII: DE IMAGINIS DEI IN NOBIS RESTITUTIONE DISPUTATIO XXXIV: DE LEGIS ET EVANGELII COMPARATIONE DISPUTATIO XXXV: DE HUMANA CHRISTI NATURA DISPUTATIO XXXVI: DE PERPESSIONIBUS CHRISTI DISPUTATIO XXXVII: DE EXALTATIONE CHRISTI DISPUTATIO XXXVIII: DE FIDE DISPUTATIO XXXIX: DE FIDE DISPUTATIO XL: DE IUSTIFICATIONE DISPUTATIO XLI: DE INDULGENTIIS ET PURGATORIO DISPUTATIO XLII: DE BONIS OPERIBUS DISPUTATIO XLIII: DE BONIS OPERIBUS DISPUTATIO XLIV: DE OPERIBUS SECUNDAE TABULAE DISPUTATIO XLV: DE INVOCATIONE SANCTORUM DISPUTATIO XLVI: DE RESURRECTIONE CARNIS ET VITA AETERNA DISPUTATIO XLVII: DE ECCLESIA DISPUTATIO XLVIII: DE ECCLESIA CATHOLICA EIUSQUE PARTIBUS DISPUTATIO XLIX: DE VISIBILIS ECCLESIAE NOTIS DISPUTATIO L: DE NOTIS ECCLESIAE DISPUTATIO LI: DE MINISTERIIS ECCLESIASTICIS DISPUTATIO LII: DE POTESTATE ECCLESIAE DISPUTATIO LIII: DE DISCIPLINA ECCLESIASTICA DISPUTATIO LIV: DE SACRIS CONCILIIS DISPUTATIO LV: DE SACRAMENTIS DISPUTATIO LVI: DE SACRAMENTIS DISPUTATIO LVII: DE BAPTISMO DISPUTATIO LVIII: DE BAPTISMO ET POEDOBAPTISMO DISPUTATIO LIX: DE COENA DOMINI DISPUTATIO LX: DE FALSIS QUINQUE SACRAMENTIS DISPUTATIO LXI: CONTRA ANABAPTISTAS APPENDIX 1: TOPICS OF LEIDEN THEOLOGY: FIVE CYCLES OF DISPUTATIONS, 1597–1609 WORKS CITED INDICES

About the Author :
Keith D. Stanglin, Ph.D. (2006) in Historical Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary, is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Harding University. He has published Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation (Brill, 2007), and co-edited Arminius, Arminianism, and Europe (Brill, 2009).

Review :
“This edition makes a very welcome contribution to our understanding of Arminius. It enables his thinking on controversial subjects to be placed in the context of his wider theology, and it reminds us once again that Arminius must be considered an integral part of the developing Reformed tradition.” Stephen Hampton, University of Cambridge. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 92, No. 1 (2012), pp. 152-153. “It is particularly valuable that this edition includes thirty-six of the disputations that have never before been published, and have not been considered in research on Arminius, his theology and his influence.” Herman Selderhuis, Theological University Apeldoorn. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 63, No. 3 (July 2012), p 622.