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""God created hand, head, and heart, the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism. King in deed, prophet in profession, and priest in heart, shall man in his threefold office stand before God." Abraham Kuyper Although Abraham Kuyper was a Prime Minister and educator, his great legacy is his exhortation to pietistic and passive Christians. He advocated for the submission of all things-life, art, and politics-to the Lord Jesus Christ. Kuyper reminded the Church that there is no square inch over which Christ does not cry, "Mine!" In this series of lectures given at Princeton Theological Seminary, he explains how Christianity, and particularly Calvinism is a comprehensive worldview that explains how we should approach religion, politics, science, and art, and the future of the modern world. "Abraham Kuyper believed that everything began with the Triune God, and everything-body, mind, soul, and strength-needed to be rooted in this commitment to the Triune God. Likewise, if Calvinism is to triumph in the religious realm, the political sphere, the science laboratory, the marketplace of ideas, and the arts, then it must be unashamedly Christian from its first though to its last." From Uriesou Brito's Introduction"--
Abraham Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was one of the most extraordinary individuals of his time. A prolific intellectual and theologian, he founded the Free University in Amsterdam and was instrumental in the development of Neo-Calvinism. He was also an active politician, serving as a member of Parliament in the Netherlands beginning in 1874 and serving as Prime Minister from 1901 to 1905. At this intersection of church and state, he devoted much of his writing toward developing a public theology. His passion was to faithfully understand and engage culture through a Christian worldview. The most famous example is his articulation of the doctrine of common grace. His work has influenced countless others, including Francis Schaeffer, Cornelius Van Til, and Alvin Plantinga.
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