Institutes of the Christian Religion, Volume I

A useful addition to the library of anyone interested in systematic or historical theology, this volume is a robust presentation of the Reformed faith. Book one begins this volume with matters of prolegomena such as the source of theological knowledge (epistemology). In book two, Gerhart goes on to discuss what he calls the “Christological method.” Standing upon the shoulders of early Federal Theologians like Coccejus, Gerhart presents Christ as the mediator between God and man and therefore the key to Christian Doctrine and the focus of all Scripture. Book three, the longest section of this volume, discusses the doctrine of God (theology proper). Book four discusses the doctrine of creation and providence (cosmology).