Revised and translated edition of Andreas J. Beck, Gisbertus Voetius (1589â1676): Sein Theologieverständnis und seine Gotteslehre. Forschungen zur Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte 92 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007).
The translation of the English edition is partly funded by the foundation Pro Religione et Libertate.
Cover illustration: Portrait of Gisbertus Voetius (1589â1676). Anonymous copper engraving from 1647 after a drawing by Anna Maria van Schurman, with a 4-line Latin caption by Van Schurman. Het Utrechts Archief; catalog number: 39290. In the Public Domain.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Beck, Andreas J., author.
Title: Gisbertus Voetius (1589â1676) on God, freedom, and contingency : an early modern reformed voice / Andreas J. Beck.
Other titles: Gisbertus Voetius (1589â1676). English
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022. | Series: Brillâs series in church history and religious culture, 1572â4107 ; volume 84 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021047779 (print) | ISBN 9789004504387 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004504394 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Voet, Gijsbert, 1589â1676. | GodâHistory of doctrinesâ17th century.
Classification: LCC BX9479.V6 B4313 2022 (print) | LCC BX9479.V6 (ebook)
| DDC 230/.42092âdc23/eng/20211109
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ISSN 1572-4107
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