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Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) on the Freedom of the Will : An Elucidation of Andreas J. Beck’s “The Will as Master of Its Own Act” Thamrindinata, Hendra
JURNAL TEOLOGI REFORMED INDONESIA Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020): Vol.10 No.2 Jurnal Teologi Reformed Indonesia (September 2020)
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Reformed Indonesia

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Kausalitas Ilahi dan kebebasan manusia adalah topik yang hangat diperdebatkan pada awal masa modern antara kaum Reformed dan Yesuit, Sosinian, dan Remonstran, khususnya setelah kon-troversi antara kaum Yesuit dan Dominikan dalam Congregatio de Auxiliis. Para lawan menuduh pandangan Reformed mengajarkan fatalisme Stoik. Esai ini akan mengulas pandangan tentang kebebasan kehendak dari Gisbertus Voetius, seorang teolog Reformed pada periode High Ortho-doxy, sebagaimana diulas oleh Andreas J. Beck dalam “The Will as Master of Its Own Act: A Disputation Rediscovered of Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676).” Ulasan ini didasarkan atas karya Voetius yang terlupakan: Disputatio philosophico-theologico, continens quaestiones duas, de Dictinctione Attributorum divinorum, & Libertate Voluntatis, yang dibela oleh Engelbertus Beckman dalam sebu-ah disputasi di bawah arahan Voetius pada tahun 1652. Esai ini akan menunjukkan bahwa ke-bebasan manusia bagi Voetius adalah prinsip formal bagi aksinya sendiri, dan bahwa kebebasan tersebut kompatibel dengan keniscayaan hipotetis yang berasal dari dekrit Ilahi, premosi fisik, serta dengan ultimate practical judgement akal budi. Keniscayaan kebebasan manusia yang ber-fungsi di dalam keniscayaan ini adalah sebuah keniscayaan yang penuh. The divine causality and human’s freedom were hotly debated topics during the early modern era between Reformed and Jesuits, Socinians, and the Remonstrants, particularly at the aftermath of the controversy between Jesuits and Dominicans in Congregatio de Auxiliis. Reformed’s view was accused as teaching Stoic fatalism by its opponents. This paper will elucidate the view of Gisbertus Voetius, a Reformed theologian in the period of High Orthodoxy, on the freedom of the will, as exposed by Andreas J. Beck in his article, “The Will as Master of Its Own Act: A Disputation Rediscovered of Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676)” which was based on Voetius’s forgotten Disputatio philosophico-theologico, continens quaestiones duas, de Dictinctione Attributorum divinorum, & Libertate Voluntatis, defended by Engelbertus Beckman in 1652 and presided by Voetius himself. It will show that for Voetius, human freedom was a formal principle of its own act and was compatible with hypothetical necessities originated from divine decree, physical premotion, and ultimate practical judgement of the intellect. Functioning within these necessities, human freedom was not more necessitated by them than by itself.
St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109 AD): His Contributions to the Intellectual Developments on Medieval Scholasticism Hendra Thamrindinata
Diligentia: Journal of Theology and Christian Education Vol 2, No 1 (2020): January
Publisher : Universitas Pelita Harapan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19166/dil.v2i1.2234

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Medieval scholasticism, considering its perennial influence for six centuries in the European universities, is an important intellectual power that deserves to be taken into account. In order to obtain a clearer picture of medieval scholasticism, it is necessary to have a precise understanding on the contributions of early medieval scholastic theologians who have laid the foundation for its subsequent developments. Therefore, this article will elaborate the thought of St. Anselm of Canterbury by analyzing his relevant works conceptually, discovering aspects of his thought which are foundational and significant for the subsequent intellectual developments of medieval scholasticism, exposing these aspects in detail, and tracing their influences on later theologians or periods. This elaboration finds four aspects of his thought and will expose it in detail: his view on faith seeking understanding, on teaching methodology, on the doctrine of satisfaction, and on the necessity of incarnation and satisfaction. The detailed exposition of these four aspects will substantiate the title conferred on him by Ulrich G. Leinsle as “the father of scholasticism.”  
Preparation for Grace in Puritanism: An Evaluation from the Perspective of Reformed Anthropology Hendra Thamrindinata
Diligentia: Journal of Theology and Christian Education Vol 1, No 1 (2019): September
Publisher : Universitas Pelita Harapan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19166/dil.v1i1.1899

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The Puritans’ doctrine on the preparation for grace, whose substance was an effort to find and to ascertain the true marks of conversion in a Christian through several preparatory steps which began with conviction or awakening, proceeded to humiliation caused by a sense of terror of God’s condemnation, and finally arrived into regeneration, introduced in the writings of such first Puritans as William Perkins (1558-1602) and William Ames (1576-1633), has much been debated by scholars. It was accused as teaching salvation by works, a denial of faith and assurance, and a divergence from Reformed teaching of human's total depravity. This paper, on the other hand, suggesting anthropology as theological presupposition behind this Puritan’s preparatory doctrine, through a historical-theological analysis and elaboration of the post-fall anthropology of Calvin as the most influential theologian in England during Elizabethan era will argue that this doctrine was fit well within Reformed system of believe.