Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Comparison of Editions of Gerhard’s Loci
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REATION AND
NGELS
The preface shows the connection of this commonplace with the preceding commonplace, § 1, and then discusses the will of God in general, § 2, and specifically the distinction of God’s hidden and revealed will, § 3, and its immutability, § 4. From God’s will arose His two greatest and chief works, § 5, of which the first is creation, § 6.
Chapter I:
The meaning of the word “create,” § 7.
Chapter II:
Chapter III:
Chapter IV:
Digression on the Angels.
Proof that the angels were created, § 35.
Section I:
The name “angels,” § 36.
Section II:
The time when the angels were created, § 38.
Section III:
Section IV:
The definition of angels, § 43.
Section V:
The intelligence of angels, § 44.
Section VI:
Section VII:
The angels’ “where,” § 49.
Section VIII:
The measure of the duration of angels, § 51.
Section IX:
The orders of angels, § 52.
Section X:
The difference between good and evil angels, § 56.
Section XI:
The state of the angels before the fall, § 57.
Section XII:
The fall of the angels, § 58.
Section XIII:
The confirmation of the good angels in goodness, § 62.
Section XIV:
The hardening of the evil angels in evil, § 66.
Section XV:
Section XVI:
The angels are not to be invoked, § 74.
Section XVII:
Section XVIII:
The number of the angels, § 78.
Section XIX:
Chapter V:
Chapter VI:
The definition of creation, § 89.
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ROVIDENCE
The preface shows that God, who made all things, also preserves them, § 1. This is clear from Scripture, the testimony of the fathers, § 2, as well as from nature itself, § 4. Yet the natural knowledge of providence is weak, § 9.
Chapter I:
The term “providence,” § 10.
Chapter II:
Chapter III:
Chapter IV:
Chapter V:
Chapter VI:
Chapter VII:
Chapter VIII:
The manner of divine providence, § 66.
Chapter IX:
Chapter X:
Chapter XI:
Chapter XII:
Chance, § 149.
Chapter XIII:
Fate, § 152.
Chapter XIV:
The use of this commonplace, § 155.
Chapter XV:
The definition of providence, § 157.
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LECTION AND
EPROBATION
In the preface, the author discusses the order of divine decrees, of which there are chiefly two: of creation and of restoration of the human race through the Son, § 1. With regard to man, the first decree was creation in God’s image, which was supposed to be propagated to all Adam’s descendants, § 4. Then God gave the law about not eating from the fruit of the forbidden tree with the threat of death, § 8. Then He foresaw man’s transgression but did not cause it, § 10. Next, He made a decree of restoration through the Son, whose merit would be applied through faith, § 12. Now the decree of election and reprobation can be explained, and the fictitious absolute decree of both election and reprobation can be overthrown, § 16.
Chapter I:
Whether predestination should be discussed in the church, § 19
Chapter II:
Chapter III:
Chapter IV:
Chapter V:
Chapter VI:
Chapter VII:
Chapter VIII:
Election happened in view of the merit of Christ, § 147.
Chapter IX:
Consideration of faith is involved in election, § 161
Chapter X:
Reprobation is not absolute, § 177.
Chapter XI:
The position of the Scholastics and Papists in this article, § 190.
Chapter XII:
The opinion of Origen, of the Predestinated, and of Huber on this article, § 200.
Chapter XIII:
Chapter XIV:
The use of this doctrine and definitions, § 216.
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MAGE OF
OD IN
AN
EFORE THE
ALL
After explaining the transition from the previous commonplaces to this one, § 1, the preface explains God’s deliberation in creating man (Gen. 1:26) and defends it from the false explanations of the rabbis, § 2. Man’s body was formed from the ground, § 11, but the soul came from God’s inbreathing, § 12. Man was created after the image and likeness of God, § 13.
Chapter I:
Chapter II:
Chapter III:
Chapter IV:
Chapter V:
Whether the image of God should be sought also in the human body, § 104.
Chapter VI:
Whether woman also was created after the image of God, § 105.
Chapter VII:
The dwelling place of the first man, Paradise, § 108.
Chapter VIII:
The propagation of the soul, § 116.
Chapter IX:
Chapter X:
The use of this commonplace and the definition of the divine image, § 138.
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