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Definition of covenant of works in English: covenant of worksnoun (in Reformation theology) the covenant between God and humanity which was broken by Adam's sin at the Fall. Example sentencesExamples - And no one should jump to the conclusion that this makes the covenant of Abraham a covenant of works.
- When they ate they broke the covenant of works and their punishment was death.
- Keep in mind that the covenant of works was a covenant imposing personal obligation upon Adam.
- So the doctrine of the covenant of works is not necessarily founded on the metaphor of God as an employer.
- The sanctions of the covenant of works are revealed in nature, hard-wired into creation itself.
- He said that Bavinck, like all distinguished Dutch theologians, believed in a covenant of works.
Definition of covenant of works in US English: covenant of worksnoun (in Calvinist theology) the covenant between God and humanity that was broken by Adam's sin at the Fall. Example sentencesExamples - The sanctions of the covenant of works are revealed in nature, hard-wired into creation itself.
- When they ate they broke the covenant of works and their punishment was death.
- So the doctrine of the covenant of works is not necessarily founded on the metaphor of God as an employer.
- Keep in mind that the covenant of works was a covenant imposing personal obligation upon Adam.
- He said that Bavinck, like all distinguished Dutch theologians, believed in a covenant of works.
- And no one should jump to the conclusion that this makes the covenant of Abraham a covenant of works.
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