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082 _a234 Mas 2015
100 1 _aMaster, Jonathan.
245 1 2 _aA question of consensus :
_bthe doctrine of assurance after the Westminster Confession /
_cby Jonathan Master.
260 _aMinneapolis, MN :
_bFortress Press,
_cc2015.
300 _a223 pages ; ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 _aSetting the stage : Calvin, Beza, and the Reformed doctrine of assurance before Westminster -- The Westminster consensus -- Moving beyond Westminster : Anthony Burgess's framework for assurance -- Further development : the framework for assurance in Thomas Goodwin and John Owen -- The danger of false assurance : frameworks after Westminster -- Conclusion
520 _aFrom the very earliest days after its completion in 1646, the Westminster Confession's position on assurance has been a subject of controversy. Jonathan Master considers the Westminster Confession's statements on assurance as a position of consensus among a diversity of viewpoints. Master traces how from this one position, the idea was expanded and modified--even by the document's own authors!--just years after its reception, in very distinct ways. Each of these expansions on what was intended to be a consensus document forms the basis for later traditions regarding assurance within the Reformed and Evangelical traditions. To date, few studies have examined these expansions as a united whole, and Master's work highlights the ways in which the streams of thought flowing out of Westminster are as important as those flowing into it, raising as they do questions about confession and doctrinal freedom in the growing Reformed tradition.
650 4 _aAssurance (Theology)
_xHistory of doctrines
_x17th century.
650 4 _aReformed Church
_xDoctrines
_xHistory
_x17th century.
650 4 _aPresbyterian Church
_xDoctrines
_xHistoy
_x17th century.
650 4 _aWestminster Confession of Faith.
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