Reformed Dogmatics Volume 2 Quotes

“God’s will is one with his being, his wisdom, goodness, and all his other perfections. For that reason the human heart and head can rest in that will, for it is the will of an almighty God and a gracious father, not that of a blind fate, incalculable chance, or dark force of nature. His sovereignty is one of unlimited power, but also of wisdom and grace. He is both king and father at one and the same time.”
― Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics Volume 2: God and Creation

“Religion is inconceivable apart from revelation, and revelation cannot occur apart from the existence of a spiritual world above and behind this visible world, a spiritual world in communion with the visible world.”
― Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics : Volume 2: God and Creation

“Scripture knows no twofold religious veneration, one of a lower kind and the other of a higher kind. Roman Catholics, accordingly, admit that worship (latria) and homage (dulia) are not distinguished in Scripture as they distinguish them, and also that these words furnish no etymological support for the way they are used.”
― Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics : Volume 2: God and Creation

“All the doctrines treated in dogmatics—whether they concern the universe, humanity, Christ, and so forth—are but the explication of the one central dogma of the knowledge of God. All things are considered in light of God, subsumed under him, traced back to him as the starting point. Dogmatics is always called upon to ponder and describe God and God alone, whose glory is in creation and re-creation, in nature and grace, in the world and in the church. It is the knowledge of him alone that dogmatics must put on display.”
― Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics : Volume 2: God and Creation

“From the start of its labors dogmatic theology is shrouded in mystery; it stands before God the incomprehensible One.”
― Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics : Volume 2: God and Creation