Thoughts on Herman Witsius?

[shackleton]

I have been reading his book, "The Economy of the Covenants," and I am curious as to what others might think of him.

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

Economy of the Covenants is an excellent work.

One of his other (not as well know--but equally valuable) works which was especially useful to me is Sacred Dissertations on The Apostles' Creed (2 volumes).

Witsius gets 2 thumbs up!

 

[Prufrock]

Hard to beat as an overview, a "big-picture" of Reformed Covenant Theology; then again, I may be slightly biased, since that was kind of the book that "made it all click" for me, as it were.

 

[sotzo]

BTW, Dr. McMahon has written a nice summary of Witsius' Economy of the Covenants here:

A Summary of Herman Witsius' The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man

 

[dannyhyde]

I have been reading his book, "The Economy of the Covenants," and I am curious as to what others might think of him.

Witsius was the consolidator of the covenant theology of the Reformation, which was intended to bring together the Voetians and Cocceians in the Netherlands.

 

[Honor]

I have been reading his book, "The Economy of the Covenants," and I am curious as to what others might think of him.

I think...WOW what a last name!!!

 

[Rocketeer]

I think...WOW what a last name!!!

It is latinized, of course. He was born as Herman Wit ('wit' means white in Dutch).

 

[BertMulder]

I would recommend reading it

 

[Guido's Brother]

I would recommend reading it