John Owen, The Death of Death in the Death of Christ

Tim Cooper (University of Otago)

Ed. by Jacqueline Eales, Canterbury Christ Church University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

Domains

Protestants

Dates

First circulation or publication 1648

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Religion and Spirituality (any)
- Religious writing
Treatise

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By 1648 Archbishop William Laud was long dead and the Arminians were far from power, but, in the view of John Owen, variations on their doctrine of salvation remained a threat. He had made his name by attacking Arminian doctrine in his first published work,

A Display of Arminianism

(1643). He followed this up with

The Death of Death in the Death of Christ

(

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x. 139-428) designed to promote limited atonement over against universal redemption – the new face of Arminianism. The issue rested on one central question: did Christ die for all people, or for the elect only (those individuals whom God had chosen for salvation before the beginning of the world)? Owen defended the Calvinist position – against Arminians and other moderate Calvinists – that Christ died only for the elect.

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Citation: Cooper, Tim. "The Death of Death in the Death of Christ". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 November 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=25292, accessed 21 November 2024.]