{"product_id":"the-sabbath-and-holy-days-voetius","title":"The Sabbath and Holy Days (Voetius)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGisbertus Voetius (Gijsbert Voet) was born in Heusden in 1589, and educated at the University of Leiden. He was instructed in theology by imminent theologians of the day, including Franciscus Gomarus, who he defended against the Remonstrants, for which he suffered some adversity. Voetius also was impressed by the piety of the \u003ci\u003eDevotio Moderna\u003c\/i\u003e movement, particularly Thomas à Kempis. He was the youngest and longest lived of the delegates sent to the Synod of Dort. Beginning in 1634, in a high scholastic method, Voetius taught theology for more than forty years at the Utrecht theological school (renamed Utrecht University in 1636). He was pastor of the church in Utrecht, and preached regularly, and catechized congregants, and especially had a heart for catechizing and instructing the orphans of the city. After the death of Willem Teellinck, the father of the \u003ci\u003eNadere Reformatie\u003c\/i\u003e, which aimed to pair Reformed doctrine with true heart religion and piety, Voetius became that movement’s head. Given this background, Voetius was well suited to state the Reformed Orthodox view of the Christian Sabbath or Lord’s Day, and the place of the old Roman Catholic feast days in the worship of the church. While he has no book dedicated specifically to these subjects, as was the case for many of his English Puritan counterparts, writers have identified the various pieces covering them spread across his \u003ci\u003eSelect Disputations, Ecclesiastical Polity\u003c\/i\u003e, and other works, from which the collection of translations in this volume are drawn. These are his, catechism questions drawn from Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 38, comments \u003ci\u003eOn the Practice of the Sabbath\u003c\/i\u003e from his \u003ci\u003eExercitia pietatis\u003c\/i\u003e, notes on Lewis Bayly’s \u003ci\u003eMeditations on the True Manner of Practicing Piety on the Sabbath Day\u003c\/i\u003e, two theological disputations on \u003ci\u003eThe Sabbath \u0026amp; Feast Days\u003c\/i\u003e, with their three appendices, two disputations \u003ci\u003eOn The Time of Christ’s Birth\u003c\/i\u003e, and extracts from places in the multivolume \u003ci\u003eEcclesiastical Polity\u003c\/i\u003e. Appendices contain material from Jacobus Koelman and on \u003ci\u003eThe Third Sabbath Controversy in the Netherlands\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover, 520 pages, RHB\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEndorsement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe publication of this volume, which is really a collection of works translated from both Latin and Dutch, should be warmly received among Reformed Christians. Pastors and theologians should be especially grateful for its wider distribution. There are three reasons for this. First, these works provide a window into the global Reformed movement of the 17th century. Reformed confessional development did not emerge merely in England and Scotland, arriving in pristine form in the documents known as the Westminster Standards; rather, there was a broader European conversation happening, in which Dutch theologians such as Voetius played a highly significant role. What Voetius has to say will be new to some readers. Particularly on the question of the Sabbath and feast days, reading Voetius will undermine overly simplified contrasts often drawn between so-called Scottish and Continental views of the fourth commandment. Certainly, it will underscore the extent to which advanced theological reflection on these matters historically involved dynamic engagement among theologians serving in different national and ecclesiological contexts.—Second, these works are significant because of the high-level exegetical and theological reflection that they exemplify. One cannot read Voetius without being overwhelmed with the near-exhaustive attention he gives both to the text of Scripture and to the history of theological thought in the church. This kind of serious engagement stands in sharp contrast with what most theological students today encounter in their studies.—But finally, this book is welcome because the topics it addresses are perennially relevant to those who take the Bible seriously. How God is to be properly worshipped is of the utmost importance. There is hardly anything that could be more central to the task of the Christian minister than the right ordering of the worship of the Triune God—as He has ordained in His Word. The dangers of burdening the conscience of Christians or of obscuring the clarity and simplicity of biblical teaching must always be front and center for those who serve in gospel ministry. We welcome this volume with a feeling of great appreciation, both for those who labored in its translation and publication….\u003cbr\u003e—Jonathan Master, President, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations of Common References\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eGisbertus Voetius: The Pillar of the \u003ci\u003eNadere Reformatie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSondagh XXXVIII. Vrage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 38: Of the Sabbath \u0026amp; Feast Days\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eΤΑ ΑΣΚΗΤΙΚΑ \u003ci\u003esive Exercitia pietatis: De Praxi Sabbathi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the Practice of the Sabbath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOver-peynsinghe, hoemen sich inde waerachtighe Godtsaligheyt op den Sabbath-dagh oeffenen sal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVoetius’s Notes on Lewis Bayly’s \u003ci\u003eMeditations on the True Manner of Practicing Piety on the Sabbath Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDe Sabbatho et Festis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSyllabus of Theological Questions for Disputations on the Fourth Commandment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisputation on the Sabbath and Feast Days Part 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisputation on the Sabbath and Feast Days Part 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1: On the Heathens’ Kalends of January, Birthdays, \u0026amp; Civil Holidays [\u0026amp; Papists’ Feast Days]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2: On Feasts \u0026amp; Quasi-Feasts Observed Outside of the Papacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 3: On the Gregorian Calendar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisputatio De Tempore Nativitatis Christi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisputation on the Time of Christ’s Birth Part 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisputation on the Time of Christ’s Birth Part 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendices\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Concerning the Times of Worship\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQ. 1. Were Any Sacred Times besides the Lord’s Day Instituted by the Apostles?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQ. 2. Were the Such Days Instituted by Deliberative Councils?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQ. 3. Can Any Human Authority Enjoin such Days?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQ. 4. May a Persecuted Church Change the Lord’s Day to Another Day?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQ. 5. Should any hour be appointed for exercises \u0026amp; assemblies?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQ. 6. Should Church Business be Fixed to Certain Established Times?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQ. 7. Must Feast Days be Insisted upon Contrary to Christian Liberty?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: Do Ecclesiastical Canons Oblige Conscience?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 3: Jacobus Koelman Extracts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs a National Synod Necessary to Remove the Feast Days?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat if the State Demands Retaining Feast Days?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre the Feast Days Adiaphora or Reformable?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnsound Sentiments about Feast Days Requires their Removal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbuse of the Feast Days Requires their Removal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Argument Against Holy Days from the Regulative Principle of Worship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 4: Gisbertus Voetius’s Arguments Against John 10 \u0026amp; Esther 9 as Proofs for Holy Days of Man’s Devising\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 5: The Third Sabbath Controversy in The Netherlands\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eScripture Index\u003cbr\u003eAuthor and Name Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reformation Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53839496773796,"sku":"9798886863093","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3452\/4580\/files\/9798886863093.MAIN.webp?v=1790693500","url":"https:\/\/ccrbooks.org\/products\/the-sabbath-and-holy-days-voetius","provider":"Canon and Creed","version":"1.0","type":"link"}