TY - BOOK AU - Dowey,Edward A TI - The knowledge of God in Calvin's theology SN - 0802801072 AV - BT 98 D63.1994 PY - 1994/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. KW - Calvin, Jean, KW - God (Christianity) KW - Knowableness KW - History of doctrines KW - 16th century KW - Dios (Cristianismo) - KW - Cognoscibilidad - KW - Historia de las doctrinas - KW - Siglo XVI N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; 1. General characteristics of the knowledge of God -- Its accommodated character -- Its correlative character -- Its existential character -- Its clarity and comprehensibility -- 2. The duplex cognito domini -- 3. The knowledge of God the Creator -- The knowledge of God the Creator derived from Creation -- The sensus divinitatis -- The conscience -- The knowledge of God derived from the external world -- Calvin's evaluation of the revelation in Creation -- The knowledge of God the Creator derived from scripture -- The authority of scripture -- The inspiration of the writers of the Bible -- The witness of the Spirit to the authority of the Bible -- The knowledge content of scripture with reference to God the Creator -- The relation of the knowledge of God the Creator learned from Creation to that learned from scripture -- Conclusion -- 4. The knowledge of God the Redeemer -- Faith as knowledge -- The object of faith's knowledge -- The changing forms of the historical revelation -- Individual limitations of faith's knowledge -- The illumination of the mind by the Holy Spirit illumination -- The certainty of faith's knowledge -- Faith and election -- Faith and hope -- Calvin's definition of faith -- Beyond Calvin's formal definition -- Calvin's picture of existing faith -- Faith as mystical union with Christ -- The content of the knowledge of God the Redeemer -- 5. The relation between the knowledge of God the Creator and the knowledge of God the Redeemer -- Law and the knowledge of the Creator -- Law and the knowledge of the Redeemer -- The dialectical relationship -- 6. Influence of the twofold knowledge on the structure of Calvin's Theology -- The problem -- Literary form and thought structure -- A proffered conception of structure -- The twofold knowledge and faith -- Structure of "Bipolarity?" -- "Antithetical Structure?" ER -