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Guest editorial.(John Calvin's 500th birthday)(Guest editorial)
April 1, 2009... This issue of Interpretation celebrates John Calvin's 500th birthday. The French exile who became the powerful reformer of Geneva could hardly have imagined his influence on the shape of Western culture and history--in forms of political and economic life, in language and literature, and in...
Oracles, visions, and oral tradition: Calvin on the foundation of Scripture.(John Calvin)(Critical essay)
April 1, 2009...
John Calvin claims that the foundation of Scripture is the oracles
and visions revealed to the patriarchs, transmitted through countless
generations by an oral tradition that faithfully preserved these
oracles. The oral tradition of the patriarchs also contains practices
not...
Calvin and praying for "all people who dwell on earth".(John Calvin)(Critical essay)
April 1, 2009...
John Calvin's teaching that Christians should pray "for all people
who dwell on earth" is based on his interpretation of 1 Tim 2:1-2 and
related to the Lord's Prayer. It is also illustrated clearly in his
daily practice of leading public worship.
Everyone knows at least one...
Calvin as biblical interpreter among the ancient philosophers.(John Calvin)(Critical essay)
April 1, 2009...
God providentially guided the ancient classical authors into the
perception of truths and the unmasking of errors. Even the errors
they never caught are instructive. For Calvin, the only proper
response to this rich intellectual heritage for a devout Christian
people called to...
From Erasmus to Calvin: exploring the roots of Reformed hermeneutics.(Desiderius Erasmus and John Calvin)(Critical essay)
April 1, 2009...
Calvin's debt to the church reformers who preceded him both inside
and outside the reform movements of the sixteenth century has not
been sufficiently understood or appreciated. The humanistic methods
of interpreting and teaching classical texts--including Scripture-as
...