{"id":1580,"count":1,"description":"Johannes Maccovius (1588-1644) was a Polish Reformed Theologian, subscribing to a Supralapsarian scheme of God\u2019s decree with only two permanent and perpetual covenants\u2014works, between God and Adam; grace, between the Persons of the Godhead. \r\n\r\n<blockquote>Maccovius was born in 1588, Lobzenica, Poland. In 1615, he was appointed professor of theology at the University of Frandeker, Netherlands, where he enjoyed much success until his death in 1644. He took a supralapsarian view of God\u2019s decree (similar to that of Theodore Beza), believing there to be only two permanent and perpetual covenants\u2014one of works made with Adam and another of grace made between the Persons of the Godhead. He understood the eternal covenant of grace to be administered by God in time by the effectual power of the Holy Spirit. William Ames disparaged this view, believing the eternal covenant between the Persons of the Godhead is distinguished from a covenant of grace God makes with sinners in time. Whereas Ames\u2019 view of covenant theology became the framework of seventeenth century Hyper-Calvinism (articulated in the major Confessions of 1646, 1658 and 1689), Maccovius\u2019 view became the covenantal framework of eighteenth century Hyper-Calvinism (articulated by theologians such as John Gill, William Huntington and Robert Hawker). Isaac Chauncy (1632-1712), an English non-conformist minister, together with Benjamin Keach (1640-1704), an English Baptist minister, argued for Maccovius\u2019 view of covenant theology towards the end of the seventeenth century.\u2014J Smith <\/blockquote><\/p>\r\n","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/johannes-maccovius\/","name":"Johannes Maccovius","slug":"johannes-maccovius","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/1580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}