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'Quid est homo quod memor es ipsius?' Calvin and Cocceius (1603-1669) on Psalm 8.

This article addresses a controversy between Reformed theologians on the exegesis of Psalm 8 which arose in the Dutch Reformed Church during the late seventeenth century. The followers of the Leiden theologian Johannes Cocceius proposed an eschatological (even apocalyptic) reading of this Psalm whic...

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Published in:Church History & Religious Culture Vol. 91; no. 1/2; pp. 135 - 148
Main Author: van Asselt, Willem J.
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers Apr2011
Subjects:
Coccejus, Johannes, 1603-1669
Bible. Psalms
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564
Christian eschatology
Netherlands Reformed Church
Voetius, Gisbertus
Biblical commentaries > History & criticism
Christianity
Prophecy
Apocalypse
History
Netherlands
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