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THE PROMISE OF THE TRINITY - B HOON WOO GEBUNDEN

The doctrine of the pactum salutis (covenant of redemption) offers the idea of a covenant
between the very persons of the Trinity for the redemption of humanity. The doctrine received
most of its attention in seventeenth-century Reformed theology  and has been criticized and
almost totally forgotten in dogmatics since the eighteenth century. Most recent Reformed
dogmatics tend to ignore the doctrine or disparage it from biblical  trinitarian 
christological  pneumatological  and soteriological perspectives-namely  the doctrine lacks
scriptural basis  it is tritheistic  it leads to subordination of the Son  it omits the role of
the Holy Spirit  and it applies a deterministic idea for the Christian life. The theologies of
Witsius  Owen  Dickson  Goodwin  and Cocceius portray a very robust form of the doctrine.
Witsius argues with the help of a peculiar methodology of cross-referencing and collation of
related scriptural texts that the doctrine is firmly based on biblical exegesis that was passed
on from the patristic era. The doctrine formulated by Owen endorses the doctrines of
inseparable operations and terminus operationis so as to give deep insight into the Trinity. In
Dickson's doctrine  the Son's voluntary consent and obedience to the will of the Father are
highly emphasized. Likewise  Goodwin's depiction of the Holy Spirit secures the divinity of the
Spirit as well as his indispensable role for the transaction and accomplishment of the pactum.
The doctrine in the theology of Cocceius sheds much light on the vibrant dynamic of the
Christian life in accordance with the ordo salutis. The doctrine of the pactum salutis of the
five Reformed theologians clearly shows that the doctrine is both promised and promising for
theology and the life of faith.

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