The Role of Predestination in Theology
In Die protestantische Centraldogmen in ihrer Entwicklung innerhalb der reformierten Kirche (2 vols., 1854–1856), Schweizer defended the thesis that Reformed theology, with its doctrine of predestination, represented a “higher state” than Lutheran theology. The doctrine of predestination gave Reformed theology unity, logical consistency, and a system.
Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism
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Asselt, W. J. V. (2011). Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism. (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books)