The Works of Jacobus Arminius Volume 1 - Orations of Arminius

The Works Of Jacobus Arminius #1

by Jacobus Arminius, Anthony Uyl (Editor)

Offering a strong alternative to Calvinism, the first book in this three volume set starts to show another view on the Bible that challenges the works of John Calvin, Martin Luther and others. The aspect of self-determinism and the role of sin in a believer's life are dominant in Arminius's thinking while the other theologians in his time were focusing on the idea of determinism in the role of Biblical theology.

Genres: Theology

253 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1875

About the author

Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius, originally Jakob Harmenszoon founded Arminianism.

In the theology, followers of Jacobus Arminius rejected the Calvinist doctrines of predestination and election and believed in compatible human free will with sovereignty of God.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus...

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a classic theological literary work so I feel weird rating it at all. I agree with his theological observations and on that account I'd give this book a five. Comparing his writing to others I've read like Tertullian and Augustine he pales by comparison...but who can compare with those giants?

I gave this volume of the complete works only three stars because of the production quality. The publisher included footnotes rather than endnotes and made the reading experience horrible. There were many pages that literally contained only ONE line of text while the remainder of the page contained a footnote sometimes running for page after page. Whoever approved that concept should have been fired. On that account I would give this edition only one star. But as I said, it's a classic book containing brilliant and - I think - lucid and Biblically-sound theology so on those accounts I would have given it a five. Three was my compromise...

Well worth the read but maybe a different printer...