Supralapsarianism Reconsidered

Phillip A. Hussey examines the scholarship of Jonathan Edwards and interrogates the relationship between Christ and the decree within Reformed Theology; and reveals the contemporary theological significance of supralapsarian Christology. In a late notebook entry, Jonathan Edwards offered a programmatic statement on the relation between Christ and predestination: In that grand decree of predestination, or the sum of Gods decreesthe appointment of Christ, or the decree respecting his personmust be considered first. This work unpacks the scope of Edwardss statement, both in terms of setting forth an interpretation of Edwardss own theology on the relation between Christ and the decree, as well as drawing out the larger insights of Edwardss reasoning for current theological reflection.