tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post8512212910285726900..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Calvin the WriterPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-84650286816370133312009-06-05T19:58:07.437-07:002009-06-05T19:58:07.437-07:00Thanks Kurt!Thanks Kurt!ashardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15731610251393009564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-90241158819083953162009-06-03T10:12:33.201-07:002009-06-03T10:12:33.201-07:00Calvin's institutes and many other wonderful w...Calvin's institutes and many other wonderful works by our brethren in heaven are available for free at www.ccel.org.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889302514301822263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-34497738557759854742009-06-02T21:01:37.883-07:002009-06-02T21:01:37.883-07:00In our Historical Theology class we only briefly t...In our Historical Theology class we only briefly touched on Calvin. We were also assigned to read Calvin's golden book on Christian living. After reading that I wanted to know him more. Then I picked up this book and read that the books purpose is to create a desire to read Calvin's own writings. It worked! Now I'm trying to get my hands on the Institutes.ashardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15731610251393009564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-33279245064452729232009-06-02T17:03:53.879-07:002009-06-02T17:03:53.879-07:00Calvin is the first true Exegete yes...but theolog...Calvin is the first true Exegete yes...but theologian?<br />St. Augustine, hands down. Luther and Calvin owe him all...Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11490703947504250206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-44777247451846036412009-06-02T14:56:02.366-07:002009-06-02T14:56:02.366-07:00Luther? I mean, yeah, you could say that Calvin w...Luther? I mean, yeah, you could say that Calvin was perhaps more influential, but you didn't even tip a hat to Luther. And every Protestant since Calvin influenced by him? Chemnitz? I suppose some Lutherans wouldn't at all mind being tacitly declared "not Protestant" but still...<br /><br />(Though saying Calvin was the best theologian till his time is rather a stretch too. St. Basil the Great? St. Athanasius? St. Augustine? St. Gregory of Nazanzius? St. John Chrysostome? St. Gregory of Nyssa? St. Cyril of Alexandria?)Colin Clouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11836100534647181995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-54968155271607441332009-06-02T09:05:57.306-07:002009-06-02T09:05:57.306-07:00Marie,
Read the exposition of the moral law in Ca...Marie,<br /><br />Read the exposition of the moral law in Calvin's institutes, Volume 2, chapter 8, sections 28-34. There he makes his position clear (as clear as anything he writes, which means you have to study it for a while to get what he is saying).<br /><br />My take is Calvin abrogates a legalistic OT sabbath observance, but retains the idea of that one day a week should be dedicated to the Lord (the Lord's day if you will).<br /><br />He is less legalistic (you can pick up a bundle of sticks), but keeps one day a week where the focus of our activities is on the Lord.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889302514301822263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-81046064950264923742009-06-01T22:52:33.779-07:002009-06-01T22:52:33.779-07:00Does anyone know what Calvin's view on keeping the...Does anyone know what Calvin's view on keeping the Lord's Day holy was (the "Christian Sabbath")? I have heard rumors but can't find anything conclusive in his Institutes.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421506990963764612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-27045016284697889402009-06-01T21:55:09.764-07:002009-06-01T21:55:09.764-07:00Phil,
This looks like quite an intense examination...Phil,<br />This looks like quite an intense examination on the part of the good doctor. Did he find anything in there? Are you gonna be okay?MSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05419145542442539462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-84568262187783740812009-06-01T20:59:12.363-07:002009-06-01T20:59:12.363-07:00Uh?..... Luther :-)
Come on!
Luther!!!
While we c...Uh?..... Luther :-)<br />Come on!<br />Luther!!!<br />While we can laud Luther, Luther rules<br />because he magnified Christ so clearly. <br />Once again....<br /><br />Luther!!!! (and thus.... Christ!)egregiousmaximushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688515267596195454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-40099968759450293922009-06-01T19:25:51.659-07:002009-06-01T19:25:51.659-07:00Interesting article Phil. My husband and I also en...Interesting article Phil. My husband and I also enjoyed Steve Lawson's talk about Calvin at a recent conference.candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088593538648596769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-85313733617217798032009-06-01T13:34:17.248-07:002009-06-01T13:34:17.248-07:00I enjoyed your chapter when i read the book a few ...I enjoyed your chapter when i read the book a few months back.<br /><br />ThanksCaleb Kolstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430229005942296570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-73324518651927633352009-06-01T11:06:40.441-07:002009-06-01T11:06:40.441-07:00And to think the Calvin 500 collection is still on...And to think the Calvin 500 collection is still only gathering interest at Logos :(<br /><br />Oh well Exegetical Summaries just came out....and Ironside will be out on the 10th (though I've already read most of his stuff). Not like I don't have enough to do.VcdeChagnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061295600050633057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-31962714255911191672009-06-01T09:46:46.731-07:002009-06-01T09:46:46.731-07:00if he wrote at a steady pace, he would have produc...<I>if he wrote at a steady pace, he would have produced the equivalent of two and a half thick volumes every year—equal to two full works the size of the Institutes (in its massive final edition)—annually</I>.<br /><br />Someone send this to Dan! Hit that deadline, no excuses! (whip cracks).Nash Equilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528684112014026512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-88522997555131084362009-06-01T08:39:52.664-07:002009-06-01T08:39:52.664-07:00My birthday's Wednesday (I'll be 17) and I'm defin...My birthday's Wednesday (I'll be 17) and I'm definitely getting The Institutes of the Christian Religion and other books by Calvin. :) Thanks for this wonderful post Mr. Johnson<br />Your Friendly Neighborhood Calvinist,<br />JacobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com