Friday, April 10, 2009

Works of Francis Turretin

A variety of extracts from the famous Institutes of Elenctic Theology by Francis Turretin are available in English online (see here, here and here), including his Seventh Disputation on Antichrist.

In Latin, the three-volume Institutes is available online here; as well as at Google Books: Vol. 1, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3. Additionally, the fourth volume of his works, his Disputationes, which as far as I know has never been translated into English, is available online in Latin here.

It has been said that:

Among Reformed Theologians of the world, both present and past, Francis Turretin's Insitutio fairs among the greatest Protestant theological work ever written. And if more disciples of Jesus Christ were to pick this work up and read it, then live it, the church would a force to be reckoned with in this 21st century. We may compare Turretin's work against Luther's voluminous productions, Calvin's writings, and others. Yet, I believe Turretin's theological compilation and sheer depth outweighs them all. Some may disagree knowing Calvin and Luther, and others, were the foundations on which Turretin's biblical theology emerged, and this may be true, yet, his logic, order, and keen insight into the Scriptures shines brighter among the scholastics than any I know.

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