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From Bavinck's Introduction:
Under the title of Magnalia Dei, the wonderful works of God, I wish to
give a simple explanation of the Christian faith in a book of modest
scope, as confessed by the Reformed churches (Gereformeerde Kerken) in
all times and lands.
The name is borrowed from Acts 2:11. There it is declared that the disciples
of Jesus began to proclaim the wonderful works of God in all understandable
languages as soon as the Holy Spirit was poured out on them. With
these wonderful works of God we certainly do not, as is sometimes the case
elsewhere, have to think about a particular fact—such as, say, the resurrection
of Christ—but we have in view the whole economy (huishouding) of
salvation, which God achieved through Christ. The Spirit was poured out
precisely so that the church would come to know these works of God, to
glory in them, and to thank and praise God for them.
Herein lies the thought that the Christian religion does not exist merely
in words, in a doctrine, but that it is a work of God, in word and fact, which
was accomplished in the past, is being worked out in the present, and will
be fulfilled in the future. The content of the Christian faith is not a scientific
theory (wetenschappelijke theorie), nor a philosophical formula of an explanation
of the world (wereldverklaring), but a recognition and confession of
the wonderful works of God, which have been wrought through the ages,
cover the whole world, and await their fulfillment in the new heaven and
new earth, where righteousness dwells.
- Herman Bavinck (2019). The Wonderful Works of God. Glenside, PA: Westminster Seminary Press.
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