On Creation and Predestination
Johann Gerhard
Theology
Chapters 83
- Table of Contents ≈ 6 min
- Editor’s Preface ≈ 4 min
- T HE IMAGE OF G OD IN M AN BEFORE THE F ALL ≈ 2 min
- PREDESTINATION ≈ 21 min
- EDITIONS OF THE THEOLOGICAL COMMONPLACES ≈ 14 min
- Comparison of Editions of Gerhard’s Loci ≈ 3 min
- Dedicatory Letter ≈ 27 min
- PREFACE ≈ 6 min
- Chapter I: The Meaning of the Word “Create,” § 7 ≈ 1 min
- Chapter II: The Efficient Cause of Creation ≈ 19 min
- Chapter III: The Material of Creation ≈ 3 min
- Chapter IV: The Order of Creating ≈ 23 min
- Digression on the Angels ≈ 2 min
- Section I: The Name “Angels,” § 36 ≈ 3 min
- Section II: The Time When the Angels were Created, § 38 ≈ 4 min
- Section III: The Nature of Angels ≈ 5 min
- Section IV: The Definition of Angels, § 43 ≈ 2 min
- Section V: The Intelligence of Angels, § 44 ≈ 4 min
- Section VI: The Power of Angels ≈ 1 min
- Section VII: The Angels’ “Where,” § 49 ≈ 3 min
- Section VIII: The Measure of the Duration of Angels, § 51 ≈ 2 min
- Section IX: The Orders of Angels, § 52 ≈ 8 min
- Section X: The Difference Between Good and Evil Angels, § 56 ≈ 2 min
- Section XI: The State of the Angels Before the Fall, § 57 ≈ 1 min
- Section XII: The Fall of the Angels, § 58 ≈ 8 min
- Section XIII: The Confirmation of the Good Angels in Goodness, § 62 ≈ 6 min
- Section XIV: The Hardening of the Evil Angels in Evil, § 66 ≈ 2 min
- Section XV: The Works of Good Angels ≈ 12 min
- Section XVI: The Angels are not to be Invoked, § 74 ≈ 2 min
- Section XVII: Evil Angels ≈ 4 min
- Section XVIII: The Number of the Angels, § 78 ≈ 3 min
- Section XIX: The Conversation of Angels ≈ 9 min
- Chapter V: The Purpose of Creation ≈ 9 min
- Chapter VI: The Definition of Creation, § 89 ≈ 2 min
- The connection with the preceding commonplace. ≈ 10 min
- Chapter I: The Term “Providence,” § 10 ≈ 6 min
- Chapter II: The Various Acts of Divine Providence ≈ 1 min
- Chapter III: God’s Foreknowledge ≈ 61 min
- Chapter IV: The End Purpose of Providence ≈ 10 min
- Chapter V: God’s Control ≈ 6 min
- Chapter VI: Preservation ≈ 6 min
- Chapter VII: Governance ≈ 3 min
- Chapter VIII: The Manner of Divine Providence, § 66 ≈ 19 min
- Chapter IX: How Divine Providence Concurs with the Evil Actions of Human Beings ≈ 39 min
- Chapter X: God is not the Cause of Sin ≈ 104 min
- Chapter XI: Refutation of Arguments with which Providence is Attacked ≈ 13 min
- Chapter XII: Chance, § 149 ≈ 5 min
- Chapter XIII: Fate, § 152 ≈ 6 min
- Chapter XIV: The Use of this Commonplace, § 155 ≈ 3 min
- Chapter XV: The Definition of Providence, § 157 ≈ 3 min
- The connection with the preceding commonplace. ≈ 16 min
- Chapter I: Whether Predestination Should be Discussed in the Church, § 19 ≈ 12 min
- Chapter II: An Explanation of the Terms ≈ 51 min
- Chapter III: An Outline of the Entire Matter ≈ 17 min
- Chapter IV: The Universal Mercy of God and His Beneficent will Toward All ≈ 67 min
- Chapter V: The Creation of All People in Adam According to the Image of God ≈ 9 min
- Chapter VI: The Universality of Christ’s Merit ≈ 56 min
- Chapter VII: The Universality of the Calling ≈ 102 min
- Chapter VIII: Election Happened in View of the Merit of Christ, § 147 ≈ 45 min
- Chapter IX: Consideration of Faith is Involved in Election, § 161 ≈ 50 min
- Chapter X: Reprobation is not Absolute, § 177 ≈ 49 min
- Chapter XI: The Position of the Scholastics and Papists in this Article, § 190 ≈ 47 min
- Chapter XII: The Opinion of Origen, of the Predestinated, and of Huber on this Article, § 200 ≈ 21 min
- Chapter XIII: Response to Some Questions in this Mystery ≈ 25 min
- Chapter XIV: The Use of this Doctrine and Definitions, § 216 ≈ 3 min
- The connection with the preceding commonplace. ≈ 15 min
- Chapter I: Of what the Image of God, According to Which Man was Created, Consists ≈ 71 min
- Chapter II: The Image of God in Man was not a Supernatural Gift ≈ 93 min
- Chapter III: The Image of God was not the Very Substance of Man ≈ 10 min
- Chapter IV: Immortality, a Part of the Divine Image ≈ 14 min
- Chapter V: Whether the Image of God Should be Sought Also in the Human Body, § 104 ≈ 5 min
- Chapter VI: Whether Woman Also Was Created After The Image of God, § 105 ≈ 4 min
- Chapter VII: The Dwelling Place of the First Man, Paradise, § 108 ≈ 23 min
- Chapter VIII: The Propagation of the Soul, § 116 ≈ 70 min
- Chapter IX: The Loss of the Divine Image Through the Fall of the First-Formed Human Beings ≈ 23 min
- Chapter X: The Use of this Commonplace and the Definition of the Divine Image, § 138 ≈ 5 min
- Glossary ≈ 11 min
- FOR FURTHER STUDY ≈ 2 min
- Person Index ≈ 24 min
- Scripture Index ≈ 43 min
- Works Cited ≈ 3 min
- to the objection ≈ 1 min
- Author/Title ≈ 62 min
| Author | Johann Gerhard |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | Reformation |
| Categories | Theology · Christian Classics |
| Length | 83 chapters · ≈ 26 h 7 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · EPUB |







