J.H. Heidegger's Corpus of Christian Theology: The Method of Theology

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72.  The Method of Theology, and an enumeration of the Locorum of the same.

Finally, Theology ought to be delivered for the edification of the Church in a certain order and by a Method useful for instruction and progress in faith and love, which Scripture frequently inculcates as καλὴν ξυνωρίδα, an altogether lovely two-horsed chariot.  And since today it depends solely upon Scripture, as the infallible instrument of Divine Revelation, and from the same instituting language concerning God, and concerning the erecting and governing of His Kingdom in the world by His eternal counsels and temporal works both of Creation and Providence, and of Redemption, and of the Consummation of all things, or instituting the language of Nature, Grace, and Glory, it omits nothing for obtaining saving knowledge and piety from God as Guide and Light; it is our intention to pursue our treatment by the same method.  Thus the following succession in order:  the Second Locus concerning Scripture; the Third concerning God’s Existence and Divinity; the Fourth concerning the True, Triune God; the Fifth concerning the eternal Counsels or Decrees of God; the Sixth concerning Creation; the Seventh concerning God’s Providence; the Eighth concerning the Angels; the Ninth concerning the Covenant of Works entered into with Adam; the Tenth concerning the sin of man; the Eleventh concerning the covenant of Grace; the Twelfth concerning the Economy of the Covenant of Grace under the Patriarchs; the Thirteenth concerning the Economy of the Covenant of Grace under the Law of Moses; the Fourteenth concerning the Decalogue; the Fifteenth concerning the Ritual Law of Moses; the Sixteenth concerning the Judicial Law of Moses; the Seventeenth concerning the History of the Church of the Old Testament; the Eighteenth concerning the Person of Jesus Christ; the Nineteenth concerning the State of Jesus Christ; the Twentieth concerning the Office of Jesus Christ; the Twenty-first concerning the Economy of the Covenant of Grace under the Gospel; the Twenty-second concerning the Grace of Calling; the Twenty-third concerning the Grace of Justification; the Twenty-fourth concerning the Grace of Sanctification; the Twenty-fifth concerning the Constancy of the Covenant of Grace; the Twenty-sixth concerning external Worship, especially the Sacrament of the New Testament; the Twenty-seventh concerning the Church; the Twenty-eighth concerning the Government of the Church; the Twenty-ninth concerning the History of the Church of the New Testament; the Thirtieth concerning Glorification.  Δῴη ὁ κύριος σύνεσιν ἐν πᾶσι, the Lord give understanding in all things![1]

[1] See 2 Timothy 2:7.