Reformation Heritage Books

This study explores the connections Edwards drew between his doctrines of religious experience and the Trinity: the person and work of the Holy Spirit. Caldwell claims that Edwards viewed the Spirit’s inter– Trinitarian work as the affectionate bond of union between the Father and the Son, which, argued Edwards, is finitely duplicated in the work of redemption. Caldwell also surveys Edwards’s Christology, and his doctrines of justification, sanctification, and glorification to demonstrate the centrality of the Holy Spirit in his theology.

Endorsements

"Much has been said about Edwards' remarkable vision of the God of Scripture, but comparatively little about the way that vision was rooted in the Triunity of God. For this reason this new work is welcome, for Caldwell shows us that Edwards was first and foremost a Trinitarian theologian. His work is doubly welcome for the way that Caldwell also argues that Edwards' Trinitarianism turns on a familiar theme of western theology — the Holy Spirit as the bond of union within the Godhead — and then details how this pneumatological perspective informs a number of key areas of Edwardsean thought. In a word, this is a valuable work that deserves a hearing in the current renaissance of interest in 'the' theologian of the eighteenth century." - Michael A. G. Haykin, Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College