| 单词 | federal theology |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfederal theology federal theology n. Theology (in Calvinist thought) theology organized around the idea of an Old Testament Covenant of Works and a New Testament Covenant of Grace (see sense A. 1a); cf. covenant theology n. at covenant n. Additions. ΚΠ 1878 Encycl. Brit. VI. 91 As one of the leading exponents of ‘federal’ theology, he [sc. Cocceius] spiritualized the Hebrew Scriptures to such an extent that [etc.]. 1939 P. Miller New Eng. Mind xiii. 397 In the federal theology the Old Testament Jehovah begins the metamorphosis..from a mail-clad seigneur to a skillful teacher who contrives that pupils be brought to truth not by compulsion but by conviction. 2000 H. S. Pyper in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 497/1 In selecting the concept of covenant on which to centre his OT theology, Eichrodt was following in a tradition that harks back to the so-called federal theology of Cocceius. < as lemmas |
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