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Comparison of Editions of Gerhard’s Loci
COMMONPLACE XVII: ON THE GOSPEL
Chapter I: The connection with the preceding commonplace, § 1. The etymology of evangelium (“Gospel”), § 3. Homonyms, § 4. Synonyms, § 8. Summaries of the Gospel in the Old Testament, § 9. From the New Testament, § 10. Parabolic and typological descriptions of the Gospel, § 12.
Chapter II: Which tells what the proper doctrine of the Gospel is, § 13. What the benefits of the Gospel are, § 14. The Gospel is properly the message of the free forgiveness of sins because of Christ, § 15. Whether new commandments are given in the Gospel, § 17. Whether laws are contained in the Gospel, § 19. Whether the Gospel contains threats and terrors, § 20. Whether conditional promises are contained in the Gospel, § 22. In what way faith is required in the promises of the Gospel, § 26. Whether the Gospel requires the condition of obedience, § 27. Whether the Gospel requires both faith and works, § 28.
Chapter III: The principal and ministerial causes of the Gospel. The principal cause of the Gospel; the internal and external impulsive cause, § 29. The revealing of the Gospel is the work of the entire Holy Trinity, § 30. Whether the Son is the “contributory cause” of the Gospel, § 31. The instrumental cause of the Gospel, § 32. The apprehending instrument, § 33.
Chapter IV: Concerning the time of the manifestation of the Gospel. That there is one and the same Gospel in the Old and New Testaments, § 35.
Chapter V: The form, object, and final effect of the Gospel. The form of the Gospel consists in promises that are free, § 40, and universal, § 41. Whether the condition of faith removes the grace and universality of the promises of the Gospel, § 42. To whom the evangelical goods pertain, § 44. The effects and goods of the Gospel, § 45. The accidental effects of the Gospel § 46. In what way salutary and divine effects are attributed to the Gospel, § 47. The efficacy of the Spirit must not be separated from the word of the Gospel, § 49. The end purpose of the Gospel, § 50.
Chapter VI: The difference between the Law and the Gospel. It is useful and necessary to discern the Gospel from the Law, § 52. The points of agreement between the Law and the Gospel, § 53. The difference between Law and Gospel, § 54. Where the distinction between Law and Gospel must especially be observed, § 55. Statements of the ancients about the distinction between Law and Gospel, § 56. The opinion of the Scholastics about the distinction of Law and Gospel, § 58. Bellarmine’s opinion about the distinction of Law and Gospel, § 59.
Chapter VII: Whether Christ is the new Lawgiver. The arguments of those who claim that Christ is the new Lawgiver, § 65.
Chapter VIII: Which argues against the Photinians regarding the more perfect commandments added by Christ. The error of the Photinians regarding the more perfect commandments given in the New Testament, § 71. What they think was added to the Commandments, §72.
Chapter IX: Concerning the evangelical counsels, against the Papists, § 82. The opinion concerning evangelical counsels is refuted, § 83. The arguments in favor of establishing the evangelical counsels, § 93.
Chapter X: Whether the Gospel is the preaching of repentance, § 105. It must not be denied simply that the Gospel is the preaching of repentance, § 106. The distinctions that must be observed in this question, § 108. The Gospel, understood properly, is not the preaching of repentance, § 109. Arguments in favor of establishing the Gospel as a preaching of repentance, § 110.
Chapter XI: On the distinction between the old and new testaments, § 119. Whether there is only one testament with regard to matter or substance, § 120. Refutation of arguments for the essential identity of both testaments., § 123.
Chapter XII: Concerning the attacks of the Papists against our doctrine of the Gospel, its use and abuse, with the definition of the Gospel added. Attacks against the doctrine of the Gospel, § 127. Abuses of the doctrine of the Gospel, § 128. Its true use, § 129. The definition of the Gospel, § 130.
COMMONPLACE XVIII: ON REPENTANCE
Connection with the preceding commonplace, § 1. The necessity and usefulness of the doctrine of repentance, § 2.
Chapter I: The etymology and homonyms of the word “repentance.” The etymology of the word, § 3. Whether Luther denied that repentance was grief, § 4. Μετάνοια, § 5. Μεταμέλεια, § 6. How μετάνοια and μεταμέλεια differ, § 7. Hebrew terms, § 8. The homonyms of the word “repentance,” § 9. The synonyms of “repentance,” § 11. Other ways of saying “repentance,” from the ancients, § 12. Is repentance the second plank after shipwreck? § 13.
Chapter II: Does repentance exist? The Novatians deny this, § 14. What repentance is, § 15.
Chapter III: Which gives descriptions of repentance, § 18.
Chapter IV: Whether penance is a sacrament, § 19. To what end penance is established as a sacrament, § 20. Is it the Novatian heresy to say that repentance is not a sacrament? § 21. Does the Augsburg Confession claim that penance is a sacrament properly speaking? § 22. The arguments with which penance is excluded from the number of the sacraments, § 23. Three arguments that penance is not a sacrament, § 29. Arguments in favor of establishing the sacrament of penance, § 30.
Chapter V: On the parts of repentance. The definitions of inner repentance, § 33. The divisions of repentance, § 34.
Chapter VI: Concerning the efficient cause and instrumental cause of repentance. The efficient cause of repentance, § 35. Is man’s will a contributing cause of repentance? § 37. The instrumental cause is the Word of God, § 39.
Chapter VII: On the parts of repentance in general, § 40. Contrition is a part of repentance, § 41. Faith is a part of repentance, § 42. Do the Evangelicals disagree in listing the parts of repentance? § 44. Do terrors belong to the parts of repentance? § 45. Some claim that faith is not part of repentance, § 49. Whether good works are a part of repentance, § 53. In what sense some people claim good works are parts of repentance, § 54. Good works are the consequence of repentance, § 55. Whether mortification and vivification are parts of repentance, § 56. Whether contrition, confession, and satisfaction are parts of repentance, § 57.
Chapter VIII: Concerning the parts of repentance assigned by the Papists, specifically.
What contrition includes, § 63. External signs of contrition, § 65. The efficient cause of contrition is the Holy Spirit, § 67. The difference between salutary and destructive contrition, § 68. What should be thought about the distinction between legal and evangelical contrition, § 69. The instrumental cause of contrition is the preaching of the Law, § 70. The purpose for which contrition is required, § 73. Is contrition a terror conceived from the threats of the Law? § 75. Is contrition suffering? § 76. Whether contrition pertains to the Gospel, § 77. Does contrition free us from sins? § 78. Can contrition be had without the special help of God? § 79. Does contrition include a hatred of sin? § 80. Does contrition include the intent to live correctly? § 81. Whether contrition is necessary for justification, § 82. How much contrition is required? § 83. Whether contrition is a cause of the remission of sins, § 85. Does contrition forgive sins before absolution? § 94. Are all sins forgiven to the truly repentant? § 95. Is imperfect contrition good? § 96.
Public confession, § 97. Private confession, § 98. Whether confession is disapproved, § 99. The advantages of confession before the minister of the church, § 100. Papist auricular confession, § 102. Arguments against the necessity of Papist auricular confession, § 104. Arguments for establishing the Papist confession, § 111. Has a judiciary power been given to the ministers of the church? § 112. Absolution, § 117.
Whether Christ made satisfaction only for original sin, § 118. Arguments in favor of the negative side, that Christ made satisfaction not only for original sin but also for actual sins, § 119. Whether Christ made satisfaction for the punishment of our sins, § 120. Are we able to make satisfaction for the punishments for sins? § 121. Satisfaction before people: public and private, § 122. Disagreements of the Papists concerning satisfaction, § 123. Bellarmine’s discourse on satisfaction, § 124. Whether a debt of punishment remains to be paid after fault is forgiven, § 125. Whether the guilt of punishment can be redeemed by good works, § 126. Whether works of satisfaction can be undertaken voluntarily, § 127. Whether it is right for priests to enjoin satisfactory works, § 128. How many works of satisfaction there are, § 129. Papal indulgences, § 132. The papal jubilee, § 135. The Christian jubilee, § 136.
Who ought to repent? § 137. When must repentance be done? § 139. The fruit of true repentance, § 140. What should arouse us to repent, § 141. Things to be considered so as to stir up contrition, § 143. Things fittingly considered for the stirring up and strengthening of faith, § 144. The definition of repentance, § 145.