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Hugo Grotius as apologist for the Christian religion : a study of his work De veritate religionis Christianae, 1640
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Hugo Grotius as apologist for the Christian religion : a study of his work De veritate religionis Christianae, 1640

Author: Jan-Paul Heering
Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
Series: Studies in the history of Christian thought, v. 111.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This study presents a new analysis of the historical meaning of Grotius' apologetic work. It means to answer two chief questions: what were Grotius' motives to write this work, and what sources did  Read more...

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Named Person: Hugo Grotius
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jan-Paul Heering
ISBN: 9004137033 9789004137035
OCLC Number: 53932715
Description: xxiv, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Chapter 1 Bewijs van den waren godsdienst 1 --
The political fall of Hugo Grotius 1 --
In prison 3 --
Dutch poems 5 --
b. The writing of the apologetic work (Bewijs) 8 --
Geloofs Voorberecht 11 --
c. Editions 15 --
First edition (BG no 143) 17 --
Second edition (BG no 144) 19 --
Fatherland 21 --
Chapter 2 De veritate religionis christianae 26 --
a. Latin editions 26 --
Translation 26 --
First edition (BG no 944) 30 --
Second edition (BG no 946) 32 --
Third edition (BG no 947) 33 --
The making of the Notes 35 --
New edition (BG no 950) 36 --
Unauthorised editions (BG nos 951-3) 38 --
b. Development of the text 40 --
Bewijs (1622) --
Sensus (1627) 40 --
Sensus (1627) --
De veritate (Leiden 1629) 42 --
De veritate (Leiden 1629) --
De veritate (Leiden 1633) 44 --
De veritate (Leiden 1633) --
De veritate (Paris 1640) 45 --
Chapter 3 The contents 47 --
Book 1. On God and religion 47 --
Book 2. The truth and excellence of the Christian religion 50 --
Book 3. The credibility of the Bible 54 --
Book 4. Against paganism 56 --
Book 5. Against Judaism 58 --
Book 6. Against Islam 61 --
Chapter 4 Intention and method 64 --
a. Intention 64 --
Apologetics 65 --
The sickness of Christianity 66 --
Eirenism 67 --
Necessary and unnecessary doctrines 69 --
The vanished truth 72 --
Apologetic strategy 73 --
Humanist dialectic 75 --
Laurentius Valla 75 --
Rudolph Agricola 76 --
Petrus Ramus 77 --
Petrus Molinaeus and Rudolph Snellius 79 --
Legal dialectic 81 --
Grotius' apologetic work 83 --
Order 83 --
Reason and testimony 84 --
Certainty and probability 86 --
Miracles 89 --
Chapter 5 Sources 93 --
Book 1 Mornay 95 --
Book 2 Socinus 116 --
Book 3 Socinus 127 --
Book 4 Mornay 137 --
Book 5 Mornay 144 --
Book 6 Vives 155 --
Chapter 6 The Notes 163 --
Chapter 7 Reception 199 --
a. Criticism 199 --
b. Translations 218 --
German Translations 218 --
French translations 223 --
The English translation 227 --
Greek, Swedish and Persian translations 228 --
c. Editions and translations after 1645 231 --
Bewijs 232 --
De veritate 232 --
I. The Bible 245 --
II. Classical and Patristic Works 245 --
III. Medieval and Humanist Works 246 --
IV. Works of Grotius 247 --
V. Contemporary Works 248 --
b. Literature 251.
Series Title: Studies in the history of Christian thought, v. 111.
Other Titles: Hugo de Groot als apologeet van de christelijke godsdienst.
Responsibility: by Jan-Paul Heering ; translated by J.C. Grayson.

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