Institutes Elenctic Theology

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Summary: A Must for Serious Theologians and Christian Thinkers
Review: James T. Dennison has brought back one of the greatest theological works in church history. Francis Turretin was a 17th century theologian. He wrote in a scholastic style similar to those who proceeded him (i.e. Aquinas, etc.) However, unlike his predecessors, Turretin was part of the Reformed Church. Therefore, he covers such topics in this three volume set as the Reformed doctrine of predestination, sola fide, sola scriptura, etc. Moreover, Turretin covers many theological issues such as the attributes of God, original sin, angelology, the Trinity, the will of God, creation of man, responses to Molina and "scentia media," (middle knowledge) etc., all in great detail. Turretin is exhaustive in his writing. In fact, Turretin's work was required as a text for students of such great Princeton theologians as Charles Hodge and R.L. Dabney. If you are a serious theologian and love to study theology in depth then you should not be without this series. ...