Systematic Theology: Expanded Edition

Professor Berkhof died in 1957, at the age of 83. He was an outstanding American teacher and the author of some 22 books. After two pastorates, he began his long career as professor at Calvin Seminary, Grand Rapids, in 1906. Here he remained for 38 years, devoting his talents and immense stores of knowledge to the training of men for the ministry. His ‘Systematic Theology’ was his magnum opus, being revised and enlarged during his lifetime until it reached its present final form.

Berkhof’s loyalty to the well-defined lines of the Reformed Faith, his concise and compact style and his up-to-date treatment have made this work the most important twentieth century compendium of Reformed Theology. ‘The work seemed particularly important to me’, writes the author, ‘in view of the widespread doctrinal indifference of the present day, of the resulting superficiality and confusion in the minds of many professing Christians, of the insidious errors that are zealously propagated even from the pulpits, and of the alarming increase of all kinds of sects. If there ever was a time when the Church ought to guard her precious heritage, the deposit of the truth that was entrusted to her care, that time is now’.

Publisher: Banner of Truth
Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9781848719941

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Louis Berkhof graduated from the Calvin Theological Seminary in 1900, and then from Princeton Theological Seminary, earning a B.D. degree. Serving as a pastor and teacher in Michigan, he also wrote 22 books, with Louis Berkhof’s Systematic Theology serving as his magnum opus. This book, first published in 1934, may be the most important compendium of Reformed theology in the twentieth century, written in a concise style. Other Louis Berkhof books of note include A Summary of Christian Doctrine, an outstanding book for church study groups, with thought-provoking questions to review and Bible passages to memorize at the end of each chapter; and The History of Christian Doctrines, which brilliantly complements Berkhof’s Systematic Theology. That’s because The History of Christian Doctrines shares how the Holy Spirit guided the early Christian church as the Word of God was being interpreted, shared and understood.

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One of the finest ever Systematic Theologies in history. Modern attempts almost never come close. Robert Norman