The Missing Public Disputations of Jacobus Arminius

647 Pages·2010·9.183 MB·English

by  Keith D. Stanglin

Th e Missing Public Disputations of
Jacobus Arminius
Brill’s Series in

Church History
Edited by
Wim Janse, Amsterdam
In cooperation with
Th eo Clemens, Utrecht/Antwerpen
Paul van Geest, Amsterdam/Utrecht
Alastair Hamilton, London
Scott Mandelbrote, Cambridge
Andrew Pettegree, St. Andrews
VOLUME 47
Th e Missing Public
Disputations of Jacobus
Arminius
Introduction, Text, and Notes
By
Keith D. Stanglin
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2010
On the cover: Th e two cover images are Arminius, De resurrectione carnis et vita aeterna
(1606), Leiden University Library, 236 A 9: 106 and Leiden University Library (Printroom).
Th is book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Arminius, Jacobus, 1560–1609.
[Disputations. Disputation 26–61]
Th e missing public disputations of Jacobus Arminius : introduction, text, and Notes/ by
Keith D. Stanglin.
p. cm. — (Brill’s series in church history, ISSN 1572-4107 ; v. 47)
In Latin, with English summaries.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes.
ISBN 978-90-04-18867-9 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Th eology. 2. Religious disputations. I. Stanglin, Keith D. II. Title.
BX6195.A64 2010
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ISSN 1572-4107
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Clarissimo doctissimoque viro,
D. RICARDO MYLIO,
ss. Th eologiae Doctori et Professori in Torrento Magno, perito
Arminii, praeceptori meo, amico, hasce theses Arminianas
gratitudine do et dedico.
“Een dankbaar onderwerp voor eene prijsvraag of voor een
academisch proefschrift !—Van de Disputationes te Leiden verdedigd
weet men tot heden zoo goed als niets.”
(Louis D. Petit, 1894, Bibliographische lijst, p. xi)
“Nous croyons au contraire qu’elles constituent une source, sans
doute modeste, mais qui présente, en l’absence quasi totale d’autres
documents, le plus haut intérêt.”
(Paul Dibon, 1954, L’Enseignement philosophique, p. 33, on the
Leiden disputations)

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ............................................................................ xi
Abbreviations ..................................................................................... xv
Introduction ........................................................................................ 1
PART ONE
PROLEGOMENA TO THE DISPUTATIONS
OF ARMINIUS
I. An Introduction to Early Modern Th eological
Disputations: Th e Case of Jacobus Arminius .......................... 7
I. General Background ............................................................. 9
II. Types ...................................................................................... 12
A. Public Disputations for a Degree ................................. 12
B. Public Practice Disputations .......................................... 13
C. Private Disputations ........................................................ 19
III. Content ................................................................................... 20
IV. Publication History ............................................................... 28
V. Neglect .................................................................................... 31
VI. Importance ............................................................................. 35
II. Authorship of the Disputations ................................................ 43
I. A Typology of Positions ....................................................... 44
II. Evidence .................................................................................. 46
A. Evidence in Favor of Professorial Authorship ........... 47
A.1. First-hand Claims of Authorship ........................ 47
A.2. Professorial Defense of Th eses ............................. 60
A.3. Comparison with Other Writings ....................... 62
A.4. Judgment of Contemporaries .............................. 63
B. Potential Challenges to Professorial Authorship ....... 73
B.1. Primary Arguments ............................................... 73
B.2. Recent Arguments ................................................. 84
III. Conclusions ............................................................................ 96
viii contents
III. Summaries of 36 Disputations ................................................ 101
I. Order ..................................................................................... 101
II. Summaries ............................................................................ 102
A. Holy Scripture .............................................................. 103
B. God and Angels ............................................................ 106
C. Creation and Fall of Humanity ................................. 108
D. Restoration of Humanity and Law and Gospel ...... 109
E. Christology .................................................................... 112
F. Faith and Justifi cation ................................................. 114
G. Good Works ................................................................. 118
H. Glorifi cation .................................................................. 122
I. Ecclesiology ................................................................... 122
J. Sacraments .................................................................... 128
K. Controversial ................................................................. 131
PART TWO
DISPUTATIONES PUBLICAE XXVI–LXI
Editorial Remarks .............................................................................. 135
Disputatio XXVI: De Sacra Scriptura ............................................. 141
Disputatio XXVII: De Verbo Dei Scripto ....................................... 153
Disputatio XXVIII: De Essentia Dei et Attributis
Primi Generis .................................................................................. 163
Disputatio XXIX: De Angelis ............................................................ 173
Disputatio XXX: De Creatione Hominis ad Imaginem Dei ........ 185
Disputatio XXXI: De Lapsu Primi Hominis .................................. 197
Disputatio XXXII: De Peccato Originali ......................................... 209
Disputatio XXXIII: De Imaginis Dei in Nobis
Restitutione ..................................................................................... 219
Disputatio XXXIV: De Legis et Evangelii
Comparatione ................................................................................. 233
Disputatio XXXV: De Humana Christi Natura ............................ 245
Disputatio XXXVI: De Perpessionibus Christi ............................... 255
Disputatio XXXVII: De Exaltatione Christi .................................. 265
Disputatio XXXVIII: De Fide ........................................................... 275
Disputatio XXXIX: De Fide .............................................................. 287
Disputatio XL: De Iustifi catione ...................................................... 301
Disputatio XLI: De Indulgentiis et Purgatorio ............................... 325
contents ix
Disputatio XLII: De Bonis Operibus ............................................... 337
Disputatio XLIII: De Bonis Operibus .............................................. 347
Disputatio XLIV: De Operibus Secundae Tabulae ........................ 359
Disputatio XLV: De Invocatione Sanctorum ................................. 373
Disputatio XLVI: De Resurrectione Carnis et Vita Aeterna ........ 385
Disputatio XLVII: De Ecclesia ......................................................... 395
Disputatio XLVIII: De Ecclesia Catholica Eiusque Partibus ....... 409
Disputatio XLIX: De Visibilis Ecclesiae Notis ................................ 423
Disputatio L: De Notis Ecclesiae ...................................................... 439
Disputatio LI: De Ministeriis Ecclesiasticis ..................................... 449
Disputatio LII: De Potestate Ecclesiae ............................................. 461
Disputatio LIII: De Disciplina Ecclesiastica ................................... 471
Disputatio LIV: De Sacris Conciliis ................................................. 481
Disputatio LV: De Sacramentis ........................................................ 505
Disputatio LVI: De Sacramentis ...................................................... 517
Disputatio LVII: De Baptismo ......................................................... 529
Disputatio LVIII: De Baptismo et Poedobaptismo ........................ 541
Disputatio LIX: De Coena Domini .................................................. 551
Disputatio LX: De Falsis Quinque Sacramentis ............................ 563
Disputatio LXI: Contra Anabaptistas ............................................. 575
Appendix: Topics of Leiden Th eology: Five Cycles of
Disputations, 1597–1609 .............................................................. 589
Works Cited ........................................................................................ 597
Index Fontium in Scriptura ............................................................. 609
Index Nominum et Rerum .............................................................. 624
Index Verborum Notabilium ........................................................... 629