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  2. Baptist covenant theology - Wikipedia

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    Baptist covenant theology (also known as Baptist federalism) is a Reformed Baptist conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall structure of the Bible. It sees the theological concept of a covenant as an organizing principle for Christian theology .

  3. Covenant theology - Wikipedia

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    Covenant theology (also known as covenantalism, federal theology, or federalism) is a biblical theology, a conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall structure of the Bible. It is often distinguished from dispensational theology, a competing form of biblical theology.

  4. Convention Parliament (1689) - Wikipedia

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    On 23 February 1689, King William III reconvened the Convention into a regular parliament [10] by dissolving it and summoning a new parliament almost a year later. The actions of the Convention Parliament were regularised in early 1690 by the Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689 , the first act passed by the regularly elected 2nd ...

  5. Federalist No. 39 - Wikipedia

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    Madison, as written in Federalist No. 10, had decided why factions cannot be controlled by pure democracy: . A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert result from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual.

  6. Madisonian model - Wikipedia

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    The Madisonian model is a structure of government in which the powers of the government are separated into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. This came about because the delegates saw the need to structure the government in such a way to prevent the imposition of tyranny by either majority or minority.

  7. Two Treatises of Government - Wikipedia

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    Two Treatises was first published anonymously in December 1689 (following printing conventions of the time, its title page was marked 1690). Locke was dissatisfied with the numerous errors and complained to the publisher. For the rest of his life, he was intent on republishing the Two Treatises in a form that better reflected its intended meaning.

  8. New Covenant theology - Wikipedia

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    New Covenant theology (or NCT) is a Christian theological position teaching that the person and work of Jesus Christ is the central focus of the Bible. [1] One distinctive assertion of this school of thought is that Old Testament Laws have been abrogated [2] [3] or cancelled [4] with Jesus's crucifixion, and replaced with the Law of Christ of the New Covenant.

  9. Bill of Rights 1689 - Wikipedia

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    The Bill of Rights received royal assent on 16 December 1689. It is a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William III and Mary II in February 1689, inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England, displacing James II, who was stated to have abdicated and left the throne vacant.