Predestination: Origins of the Reformed Doctrine in a Western View of Scripture and in the Bolsec and Arminian Controversies, Biblical, Philosophical and Historical Contexts

Dr. Holtrop has spent a lifetime studying the Calvin vs Bolsec, Beza vs Arminius theological conflict. He has translated original theses, letters, and other documents. In this book he describes the philosophical and historical mindset under which the Reformers operated, and how that determines their conclusions.

"Calvin, Beza, and their Genevan colleagues were all Western. The acrimony in Western deliberations was very Western. The constant urge to argue was Western. The tendency to zero in ...