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Embracing Leer And Leven: The Theology Of Simon Oomius In The Context Of Nadere Reformatie Orthodoxy, Gregory D. Schuringa
Embracing Leer And Leven: The Theology Of Simon Oomius In The Context Of Nadere Reformatie Orthodoxy, Gregory D. Schuringa
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Scholarship has tended either to brush aside the Dutch Reformed piety of the movement known as the Nadere Reformatie (c.1600-1750) as an aberration from the Reformation, or it has tended, more recently when it has shown interest in the movement, to fail to place the theology of its proponents in its proper orthodox Reformed theological context. This latter failure has resulted, often, in a bifurcation between the Nadere Reformatie and Reformed orthodoxy and scholasticism during the post-Reformation era of Reformed church history and theology. The two have tended to be viewed as mutually exclusive movements. The Nadere Reformatie, with its …