The Idea of the Covenant* (1)

* Paper delivered at the Conference with the Brethren of the Reformed Church in the U.S., Sept. 1945. Since the time of the Reformation, the doctrine of the covenant has occupied an important place in Reformed theology, and a dominating position in the life of the Reformed churches. It is a peculiarly Reformed heritage, even more distinctively so than the doctrine of sovereign predestination, for while the latter truth. Is held by other than Reformed churches, the truth, of the covenant was...