Notes
Notes
Preface
1Page x, note 9.
Part 1: Ecclesiology: The Doctrine of the Church
Chapter 1: Essence
1The “States-translation” of the Bible authorized by the Dutch government, first published in 1637.
Chapter 2: Organization, Discipline, Offices
1The First Vatican Council, 1869–1870.
2Still addressing the question of the organization and government of the church, this subpoint (7) provides a lengthy treatment of discipline, and the following subpoint (8) a similarly lengthy treatment of offices.
3See the preceding footnote.
4Translation of Vos’ Dutch translation. I have not verified either the edition of the Form of Government cited or the accuracy of the reference. It is not clear which Presbyterian denomination Vos has in view; most likely the Church in the North.
Part 2: The Means of Grace
Chapter 4: Baptism
1Translation of Vos’ translation of Strong. The earliest publication of Strong that I was able to access postdates Vos. It reads: “It is a grievous thing to say by symbol, as those do say who practice sprinkling in place of immersion, that a man may regenerate himself, or, if not this, yet that his regeneration may take place without any connection with Christ’s death.… Purification is made to be the essential meaning of baptism, and the conclusion is drawn that any form expressive of purification will answer the design of the ordinance. But if Christ’s death is the procuring cause of our purification, we may expect it to be symbolized in the ordinance which declares that purification; if Christ’s death is the central fact of Christianity, we may expect it to be symbolized in the initiatory rite of Christianity” (Strong, Systematic Theology: Three Volumes in One [Revell, 1907], 944).
2Only the page number is given. Presumably the quotation is from De substantia foederis gratiuti …, either the Latin original (Geneva, 1585) or possibly a Dutch translation.
Chapter 5: The Lord’s Supper
1Quoted from questions and answers 353–355.
Part 3: Eschatology: The Doctrine of Last Things
Chapter 6: Individual Eschatology
1The reference is likely to an edition of the German original of History of Protestant Theology.
Chapter 7: General Eschatology
1Quotation is from Shedd, Dogmatic Theology, 3rd ed. (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2003), 897. The words are a loose quotation of Moses Stuart, Exegetical Essays on Several Words Relating to Future Punishment (Andover, MA: Codman Press, 1830), 46.