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Category: John Calvin

  • John Calvin on the Church Fathers

    It is a calumny to represent us as opposed to the Fathers (I mean the ancient writers of a purer age), as if the Fathers were supporters of their impiety. Were the contest to be decided by such authority (to speak in the most moderate terms), the better part of the victory would be ours.…

  • Calvin vs.(?) Turretin on Inerrancy

    The doctrine of Biblical inerrancy is sometimes associated with Francis Turretin (the real one, not me, his fan).  There was an interesting article in the Autumn 2011 edition of “Foundations,” which addresses the question, “Did Turretin Depart from Calvin’s View on the Concept of Error in the Scriptures” (link to pdf of whole issue).  The…

  • Van Drunen Two Kingdoms Rebutted by Brian Mattson

    Dr. Brian Mattson has a post in which he distinguishes between Horton’s views on the two kingdoms and Van Drunen’s views on the two kingdoms (link to post). Dr. Mattson’s post should help to explain part of the problem with engaging the topic — there are a variety of “two kingdoms” views even amongst folks…

  • Calvin as Tyrant?

    R. Scott Clark has some antidote to the oft-repeated slander of Calvin as Tyrant (link). -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!

  • R. Scott Clark Answers the Bogus Charge that Calvin was a Sodomite

    Having read a letter by John Calvin about his wife, I had no doubts that the bogus charges circulating on the Internet were bogus.  Still, it was nice of R. Scott Clark to debunk them (link to debunking).  I’d say, “debunk them once and for all,” but clearly these charges have been debunked for hundreds…

  • Imputation of the Active Obedience of Christ and John Calvin

    There is not any doubt that Calvin taught that we are justified by the imputed righteousness of Christ (see Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 13, and Book 4, Chapter 14).  Moreover, in general it seems that most Reformed historians conclude with Francis Turretin that Calvin taught that specifically the active obedience of…

  • John Calvin vs. Cardinal Sadoleto

    September 1, 1539, Calvin delivered a powerful blow to Roman apologetics of his day with his letter to Cardinal Sadoleto (Tony Pietrantonio recently provided an involuntary imitation of Sadoleto). What is interesting about the Calvin vs. Sadoleto dispute is that it begins from the topic of worship. Calvin states: Therefore, Sadolet, when you uttered this…

  • Correcting Taylor Marshall

    Mr. Marshall has a post up at the Roman communion blog, “Called to Communion,” which he titled, “John Piper on “Correcting” the Apostles Creed“. Both Piper and Grudem think that the phrase, “he descended into hell” is either confusing or wrong and that it would make sense to omit it from recitations of the Apostles’…

  • Calvin, Trent, and the Vulgate: Responding to Barrett Turner

    One of the Reformed criticisms of Rome is that she has placed herself above Scripture in various ways. She claims that her interpretation of Scripture is authentic and unchallengeable, that her dogmatic teachings (even when they are not interpretations of Scripture) are infallible and irreformable, and she claims that the Old Latin Vulgate embodies both…

  • John Calvin Responding to the Fourth Session of the Council of Trent

    The following is an excerpt from John Calvin’s famous “Antidote to the Council of Trent.” ON THE FOURTH SESSION. There is an old proverb, — The Romans conquer by sitting. Trusting to this, those degenerate and bastard sons of the Roman See, i.e., the great harlot, sat down to conquer when they appointed the third…