While there has always been a theology of the covenants throughout church history, the Reformation recovery of the Gospel and the biblical distinction between grace and works made it possible for Reformed theology to construct a detailed and fruitful covenant theology.

An introduction to the trends and main contributions in the historiography of covenant theology from the middle of the nineteenth century.

Covenant Theology has been a major way in which the Gospel message and redemptive history has been learned, articulated, and inculcated in the Church.