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revelation in Jesus Christ. The miracles are connected with the economy
of redemption, a redemption which they often prefigure and symbolize.
They do not aim at a violation, but rather at a restoration of God's
creative work. Hence we find cycles of miracles connected with special
periods in the history of redemption, and especially during the time of
Christ's public ministry and of the founding of the Church. These
miracles did not yet result in the restoration of the physical
universe. But at the end of time another series of miracles will
follow, which will result in the renewal of nature to the glory of God,
-- the final establishment of the Kingdom of God in a new heaven and on
a new earth.
QUESTIONS FORFURTHER STUDY. Is the doctrine of divine providence an
articulus purus or an articulus mixtus? Who was the first one of the
Church Fathers to develop this doctrine? How do Luther and Calvin
differ in their conception of divine providence? What accounts for the
fact that the Arminians accept the Socinian position on this point? How
must we judge of the assertion of some Reformed theologians that God is
the only true cause in the world? What are second causes, and why is it
important to maintain that they are real causes? Does the doctrine of
divine concursus conflict with the free agency of man? What was
Augustine's conception of miracles? Why is it important to maintain the
miraculous? Do miracles admit of a natural explanation? Do they imply a
suspension of the laws of nature? What is the special significance of
the miracles of the Bible? Can miracles happen even now? Do they still
happen? What about the miracles of the Roman Catholic Church?
LITERATURE: Bavinck, Geref. Dogm. II, pp. 635-670; Kuyper, Dict. Dogm.,
De Providentia, pp. 3-246; Vos, Geref. Dogm., I, De Voorzienigheid;
Hodge, Syst. Theol. I, pp. 575-636; Shedd, Dogm. Theol. I, pp. 527-545;
Dabney, Syst. and Polem. Theol., pp. 276-291; McPherson, Chr. Dogm.,
pp. 174-184; Drummond, Studies in Chr. Doct., pp. 187-202; Pope, Chr.
Theol., I, pp. 437-456; Raymond, Syst. Theol., I, pp. 497-527;
Valentine, Chr. Theol., pp. 363-382; Pieper, Christl. Dogm., I, pp.
587-600; Schmidt, Doct. Theol. of the Ev. Luth. Church, pp. 179-201;
Dijk, De Voorzienigheid Gods; Mozley, On Miracles; Thomson, The
Christian Miracles and the Conclusions of Science; Mead, Supernatural
Revelation; Harris, God, Creator and Lord of All, I, pp. 519-579;
Bruin, Het Christelijke Geloof en de Beoefening der Natuurwetenschap,
pp. 108-138.
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[81] Cf. Randall, The Making of the Modern Mind, p.538.
[82] Dogm. Theol. I, p. 528
[83] Bavinck, Geref. Dogm. II, p. 654; Heppe, Dogm., p. 190; McPherson,
Chr. Dogm., p. 177.
[84] Syst. and Polemic Theol., p. 288.
[85] Chr. Dogm., p. 183. Cr. also Hodge, Outlines of Theol., p. 275.
[86] Cf. Mead, Supernatural Revelation, p. 110.
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PART TWO: THE DOCTRINE OF MAN IN RELATION TO GOD
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MAN IN HIS ORIGINAL STATE
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