Bullinger as Theologian
Dowey introduces Heinrich Bullinger as a theologian, focusing not on the content but the method of his thought, and characterizes his work as thematic, comprehensive, and schematic in ways that distinguish him from Calvin.
Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575). Zurich Reformer who succeeded Zwingli and shaped the Second Helvetic Confession.
Dowey introduces Heinrich Bullinger as a theologian, focusing not on the content but the method of his thought, and characterizes his work as thematic, comprehensive, and schematic in ways that distinguish him from Calvin.
Baker responds to critics of his earlier work on Bullinger's federal theology, returning to Bullinger's writings to defend a fourfold covenantal focus and to clarify Bullinger's distinct place within the Reformed tradition.
The bibliography grounds the reader in the early Christian creeds through J.N.D. Kelly's authoritative Early Christian Creeds and Calvin's account of the Mediator's work (Institutes II.16). Bullinger's Decades, Barth's Credo and Dogmatics in Outline, Emil Brunner's I Believe in the Living God, and T.F. Torrance's Trinitarian Faith provide the Reformed confessional and dogmatic context.
Better Preaching, Better Teaching, Better Pastoral Care.