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Louis Berkhof
Born(1873-10-13)13 October 1873
Emmen, Netherlands
Died18 May 1957(1957-05-18) (aged 83)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater
  • Calvin Theological Seminary
  • Princeton Theological Seminary
OccupationTheologian · Author · Professor
Notable work
  • Systematic Theology (1932; rev. 1941)
Spouses
Reka Dijkhuis
(m. 1900; died 1928)
Dena Heyns-Joldersma
(m. 1933)
ChildrenGrace Meyer, William, Jean Stuk, and John
Theological work
EraLate 19th and early 20th centuries
LanguageEnglish, Dutch
Tradition or movementReformed theology · Neo-Calvinism
Main interestsSystematic theology

Louis Berkhof (13 October 1873 – 18 May 1957) was a Dutch-American Reformed theologian whose works on systematic theology have been influential in seminaries and Bible colleges in the United States, Canada, Korea and with individual Christians in general throughout the 20th century.

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Louis Berkhof

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Louis Berkhof (13 October 1873 – 18 May 1957) was a Dutch-American Reformed theologian whose works on systematic theology have been influential in seminaries...

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Attributes of God in Christianity

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theologians consider the goodness of God as an overarching attribute - Louis Berkhof, for example, sees it as including kindness, love, grace, mercy and...

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Names of God in Christianity

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involves divine mysteries that require and preempt respect and praise. Louis Berkhof states that the issue surrounding the use and interpretation of the...

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God in Christianity

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substance of the created universe. Traditionally, some theologians such as Louis Berkhof distinguish between the communicable attributes (those that human beings...

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Common grace

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that human use and enjoy naturally. In the words of Reformed scholar Louis Berkhof, “[Common grace] curbs the destructive power of sin, maintains in a...

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Seed of the woman

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the seed of the woman is taken to refer to the crucifixion of Christ. Louis Berkhof, for example, wrote: "The death of Christ, who is in a preeminent sense...

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Session of Christ

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says that God exalted Jesus, "to his own right hand" (NIV), though Louis Berkhof notes that the dative τῇ δεξιᾷ may have to be taken in the instrumental...

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Calvin Theological Seminary

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added, which led to the formation of Calvin College. Geert Egberts Boer Louis Berkhof Samuel Volbeda Rienk B. Kuiper John H. Kromminga James A. De Jong Cornelius...

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Baptismal regeneration

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that current usage determines meaning." While for Reformed theologian Louis Berkhof, "regeneration" and "new birth" are synonymous, Herbert Lockyer treats...

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Passive obedience

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men back to the state of Adam before the Fall. Reformed theologian, Louis Berkhof helpfully wrote: "His active obedience consists in all that He did to...

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List of Christian theologians

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(1870–1921) Sergei Bulgakov (1871–1944) Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871–1952) Louis Berkhof (1873–1957) Albert C. Knudson (1873–1953) Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948)...

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Princeton Theological Seminary

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(1908), Archibald Thomas Robertson (1915), Henry E. Dosker (1918), Louis Berkhof (1921), Valentine Hepp (1930), Hendrik Kraemer (1958), Karl Menninger...

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Cornelius Van Til

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attended one year at Calvin Theological Seminary, where he studied under Louis Berkhof, but he transferred to Princeton Theological Seminary and later graduated...

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Four Marks of the Church

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Charlotte, North Carolina: TAN Books. Article II. ISBN 9781505103540. Louis Berkhof (1949). Systematic Theology. London: Banner of Truth. p. 572. Scharper...

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Traducianism

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in a managerial manner after completing the creation of the world. Louis Berkhof points out that God continues to work immediately both in the performance...

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Systematic theology

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Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 20. ISBN 9781498206594. Berkhof, Louis (1996-09-24). Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B...

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Sabellianism

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Stanley M. Horton (Springfield, MO: Logion Press, 2007), pp. 171–172. Louis Berkhof, The History of Christian Doctrines (Grand Rapids, MI: WM. B. Eerdmans...

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Christian mortalism

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Nineteenth-century Reformed theologians such as A. A. Hodge, W. G. T. Shedd, and Louis Berkhof also taught the immortality of the soul, but some later Reformed theologians...

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Divine simplicity

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His goodness or His omniscience." Writers such as Herman Bavinck and Louis Berkhof among others have argued that the doctrine of Divine Simplicity is affirmed...

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Human nature

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(PDF). "Catechism of the Catholic Church – IntraText". www.vatican.va. Berkhof, Louis. 1996. Systematic Theology. Michigan: Eerdmans. p. 183. "Genesis Chapter...

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Federal Vision

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to employ the original sense of the word as used by the reformers. Louis Berkhof writes, "Calvin also used the term [regeneration] in a very comprehensive...

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Christian Church

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Westminster John Knox Press, 1996 Elwell & Comfort 2001, pp. 266, 828. Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (London: Banner of Truth, 1949), 572. Harper, Douglas...

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Christian Reformed Church in North America

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in the last 25 years. Herman Baker, founder, Baker Publishing Group Louis Berkhof, 1873–1957, prominent Reformed theologian of the 20th century Scott...

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Dutch Americans

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Dutch immigrants who founded the city of Holland, Michigan in 1846. Louis Berkhof, a Reformed systematic theologian, is greatly studied today in seminaries...

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Active obedience of Christ

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active obedience has usually been denied by Arminians, who, according to Louis Berkhof, argue that justification simply places man "in the position of Adam...

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Herman Bavinck

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Access to the Table of the Lord. Translated by John Dolfin. Grand Rapids: Louis Kregel, 1922. (Original: 1901) Updated Version: The Sacrifice of Praise...

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Herman Hoeksema

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married Nellie Kuiper on June 7, 1914. The officiating minister was Prof. Louis Berkhof, who was the principal author of the Three points of Common Grace, and...

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List of Dutch Americans

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for the Detroit Tigers Tiger Woods (born 1975), professional golfer Louis Berkhof (1873–1957), reformed systematic theologian at Calvin Theological Seminary...

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