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William Perkins · 1592 · Treatise
William Perkins wrote this systematic treatment of preaching in 1592 as the Puritan movement within the Church of England was developing its distinctive approach to pulpit ministry. Originally published in Latin as…
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William Perkins · 1592 · Treatise
William Perkins wrote this brief treatise in 1592 to address a pressing pastoral question that emerged from Reformed theology's emphasis on predestination and assurance. As one of England's most influential Puritan theologians,…
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Girolamo Zanchi · 1592 · Treatise
Girolamo Zanchi's comprehensive treatise on the incarnation emerged from the theological ferment of late sixteenth-century Reformed orthodoxy, when Protestant scholastics were systematizing doctrinal positions against both Catholic and radical Protestant challenges. Writing…
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Franciscus Junius · 1593 · Commentary
Franciscus Junius produced this commentary on Ephesians as part of the broader Reformed effort to establish systematic biblical exegesis in the wake of the Reformation. Writing in the late sixteenth century when…
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Franciscus Junius · 1593 · Treatise
Franciscus Junius wrote this treatise on the observance of Moses' polity in 1593, during a period when Reformed theologians were grappling with fundamental questions about the relationship between biblical law and civil…
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Amandus Polanus · 1594 · Commentary
Amandus Polanus produced this systematic commentary on Romans in 1594 during his tenure as professor of Old Testament at the University of Basel. The work emerged from his lecture courses and represents…
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Girolamo Zanchi · 1594 · Commentary
Girolamo Zanchi's commentary on the first portion of Paul's letter to the Ephesians emerged from his distinguished career as professor of theology at Strasbourg and later at Heidelberg, where he stood among…
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Johannes Piscator · 1594 · Commentary
Johannes Piscator's Analysis logica evangelii secundum Marcum represents a distinctive approach to biblical commentary that emerged from the Reformed theological tradition of the late sixteenth century. Piscator, a prominent Reformed theologian at…
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Johannes Piscator · 1594 · Commentary
Johannes Piscator's Analysis logica evangelii secundum Matthaeum represents one of the most systematic attempts to apply the logical methods of Petrus Ramus to biblical exegesis in the late sixteenth century. Published in…
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Franciscus Junius · 1594 · Treatise
Franciscus Junius's De Theologia Vera emerged from the urgent need to clarify the nature and method of theology in the post-Reformation period. Published in 1594 during his tenure at Leiden University, this…
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William Perkins · 1595 · Treatise
William Perkins wrote this treatise in 1595 as a pastoral guide for ministering to the dying, addressing the practical need for ministers to offer spiritual counsel during final illness. The work emerged…
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Amandus Polanus · 1595 · Book
Amandus Polanus completed this systematic theology in 1595 as one of the earliest comprehensive presentations of Reformed doctrine following Calvin's death. Writing from his position at the University of Basel, Polanus sought…
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Franciscus Junius · 1596 · Commentary
Franciscus Junius the Elder produced this scholarly commentary on Suetonius's Lives of the Caesars in 1596, during the height of Reformed humanist engagement with classical texts. Working within the tradition of Protestant…
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Franciscus Junius · 1596 · Commentary
Franciscus Junius the Elder produced this Latin commentary on Paul's letter to the Philippians in 1596, during the height of Reformed scholastic biblical interpretation. Writing as professor of theology at Leiden University,…
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William Perkins · 1597 · Treatise
William Perkins wrote A Reformed Catholike in 1597 as a direct response to Roman Catholic accusations that Protestant theology was merely innovative heresy lacking historical precedent. Writing during the height of confessional…
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Johannes Piscator · 1597 · Commentary
Johannes Piscator's logical analysis of Luke's Gospel emerged from the pedagogical needs of Reformed theological education in the late sixteenth century. Written during his tenure at the University of Herborn, this work…
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Hugo Grotius · 1601–1609 · Book
Hugo Grotius wrote this historical chronicle of the Dutch Revolt during the early years of the Eighty Years' War, when the young Dutch Republic was still fighting for independence from Spanish rule.…
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Johannes Piscator · 1601 · Commentary
Johannes Piscator's comprehensive commentary on the entire Old Testament represents one of the most ambitious exegetical projects of the late Reformation period. Published in 1601, this massive work emerged from Piscator's decades…
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Jacobus Arminius · 1603–1609 · Other
The Orationes are a collection of seven academic orations delivered by Jacobus Arminius during his tenure as professor of theology at the University of Leiden from 1603 until his death in 1609.…
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Jacobus Arminius · 1603–1609 · Other
The Private Disputations represent Jacobus Arminius's systematic theological reflections composed during his tenure as professor of theology at the University of Leiden from 1603 until his death in 1609. These academic exercises…
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Jacobus Arminius · 1603–1609 · Other
The Public Disputations represent Jacobus Arminius's formal academic theology, delivered during his tenure as professor at the University of Leiden from 1603 until his death in 1609. These theological disputations emerged from…
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William Perkins · 1603 · Treatise
William Perkins wrote this systematic examination of calling and vocation during the height of English Puritanism, addressing urgent questions about how Christians should understand their work and social roles. Published posthumously in…
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William Perkins · 1604 · Commentary
William Perkins produced this verse-by-verse exposition of Galatians during his tenure as lecturer at Great St. Andrew's Church in Cambridge, where his preaching drew students and townspeople alike. Published posthumously in 1604,…
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Jacobus Arminius · 1606–1608 · Commentary
Jacobus Arminius composed this detailed commentary on Romans during his tenure as professor of theology at Leiden University, working on it from 1606 until his death in 1609. The work emerged from…
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