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Preface
Now that my Systematic Theology is again being reprinted, the Preface can be very brief. It is
not necessary to say much about the nature of the work, since it has been before the public for
more than fifteen years and has been used extensively. I have every reason to be grateful for its
kind reception, for the favorable testimony of many reviewers, and for the fact that the book is
now used as a textbook in many Theological Seminaries and Bible Schools in our country, and
that requests were even received from abroad for permission to translate it into other
languages. These are blessings which I had not anticipated, and for which I am deeply grateful
to God. To Him be all the honor. And if the work may continue to be a blessing in many sections
of the Church of Jesus Christ, it will but increase my recognition of the abundant grace of God.
L. Berkhof
Grand Rapids, Michigan
August 1, 1949.