GIRS Syllabus index: Survey Studies in Reformed Theology

Genevan Institute for Reformed Studies
Syllabus Unit 5: Nomology Bob Burridge ©2000

Nomology: The study of the Law of God
Westminster Confession of Faith chapter 19 - 24

Lesson 1:

The Law of God (WCF 19)

Lesson 2:

Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience (WCF 20)

Lesson 3a:

Worship and the Sabbath (WCF 21): The Regulative Principle

Lesson 3b:

Worship and the Sabbath (WCF 21): The Elements of Worship

Lesson 3c:

Worship and the Sabbath (WCF 21): The Sabbath Day

Lesson 4:

Lawful Oaths and Vows (WCF 22)

Lesson 5:

Of the Civil Magistrate (WCF 23)

Lesson 6:

Of Marriage (WCF 24a)

Lesson 7:

Of Divorce (WCF 24b)


Reading Assignments

A.A. Hodge

Commentary on the Confession of Faith ch 19-24

C. Hodge

Systematic Theology (Vol 3, Pt 3, ch 19)

Zacharias Ursinus

Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism (LD 34-44)

John Murray

Principles of Conduct

Greg Bahnsen

No Other Standard: Theonomy and Its Critics

Barker & Godfrey

Theonomy: A Reformed Critique

John Murray

Divorce

R.J. Rushdoony

Institutes of Biblical Law