What is it about?
This is an updated version of my Ph.D. dissertation on Simon Oomius and his life, works and theology in the context of the Further Reformation (Nadere Reformatie). I explore how, typical of other Further Reformation representatives, Oomius displays a strong scholastic and Reformed orthodox educational and theological foundation with a desire to bring that theology to the church and society of his day in the Netherlands of the 17th century.
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Why is it important?
Scholarship of this period has tended to hold that Reformed Orthodoxy and Scholasticism cannot possibly be compatible with piety and a rich spirituality, or a faith that seeks to impact all of life. This study shows that all of this was at work at the same time in the life, works, and theology of Simon Oomius.
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I see applications of this for the church today. Similar to what John Stott has said, that the biblical faith involves the head, heart and hands. Too much focus on one over the others, and the church will drift from its biblical foundations.
Rev. Dr. Gregory Schuringa
First Christian Reformed Church, Waupun, WI
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This page is a summary of: Embracing Doctrine and Life: Simon Oomius in the Context of Further Reformation Orthodoxy , by Gregory D. Schuringa, Church History and Religious Culture, December 2022, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/18712428-10203013.
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