Francis Turretin
This is Francis Turretin's magnum opus, a massive work of Reformed scholasticism. Written originally in Latin with sentences frequently lasting nearly a half a page, Turretin's Institutes are at once familiar, profound, erudite, thorough and precise, detailed, comprehensive, historically significant, and truly Reformed, etc. Turretin organized his Institutes into 20 topics (loci) that range from "Prolegomena" (that is, very necessary introductory considerations) to "The Last Things." Each topic (locus) is organized by specific questions. The work is Elenctic (polemic or argumentitive), for a large chunk of this work is written against the Roman Catholics, Arminians, Socinians, Anabaptists, Molinists and others.,Translated by George Musgrave Giger Edited by James T. Dennison Jr.,Volume 1: Topics 1-10,Topic I: Theology,Topic II: The Holy Scriptures,Topic III: The One and Triune God,Topic IV: The Decrees of God in General and Predestination in Particular,Topic V: Creation,Topic VI: The Actual Providence of God,Topic VII: Angels,Topic VIII: The State of Man Before the Fall and the Covenant of Nature,Topic IX: Sin in General and in Particular,Topic X: The Free Will of Man in a State of Sin
Religion,Theology,Reference
Institutes of Elenctic Theology