De Moor's Didactico-Elenctic Theology: Chapter I: Concerning the Word and Definition of Theology

De Moor's Didactico-Elenctic Theology: Chapter I: Concerning the Word and Definition of TheologyBernardinus de Moor (1709 1780) studied at the great Dutch University of Leiden, under some of the great Reformed theologians of the age. He was especially attached to Johannes Marck, and Marck, shortly before his death, asked De Moor to continue his work, and perpetuate the tradition of orthodox Reformed Scholasticism. [Bernardinus de Moor] wrote a commentary on Marcks dogmatic compendiumwhich represents the most comprehensive dogmatic text that was

Bernardinus de Moor (1709-1780) studied at the great Dutch University of Leiden, under some of the great Reformed theologians of the age. He was especially attached to Johannes ˆ Marck, and ˆ Marck, shortly before his death, asked De Moor to continue his work, and perpetuate the tradition of orthodox Reformed Scholasticism.

Ò[Bernardinus de Moor] wrote a commentary on ˆ MarckÕs dogmatic compendiumÉwhich represents the most comprehensive dogmatic text that was ever produced in the Netherlands. In this work of seven volumes (1761-1778), de Moor classified and combined material from the Reformed dogmatics produced by his predecessors at Utrecht and Leiden into a whole.Ó --van Asselt, Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism

This first chapter is devoted to issues of theological prolegomena, a point of significant scholarly interest currently.

New material from the ongoing translation of De Moor's Didactico-Elenctic Theology is being published almost daily at www.bernardinusdemoor.com.