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“[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You can say it of Calvin.” quote by Oliver D. Crisp — Download Open image

“[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You can say it of Calvin.”

Oliver D. Crisp

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[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer and liturgy, of the sacraments, and of the way in which we have an in-built sense of the divine that we suppress to our great sorrow - these are all immense contributions to Christian thought. The same could…

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The alternative of hypothetical universalism, according to which Christ's work is sufficient for all but efficient only for the elect, was alive and well in early Reformed thought. Moreover - and importantly for our purposes - this view was not regarded as an aberration but as a legitimate position that could be taken within the confessional bounds of Reformed thought.…

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I think everyone who has an interest in Reformed theology, or just in Christian theology more generally, should read John Calvin Institutes.

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Christ's work is a kind of deterrent to us, and a way of upholding the justice of God's divine government of the world.

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These days I'm often called a Deviant Calvinist, but I don't really think my views do deviate from the Reformed tradition, though in some…

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[John Calvin] writes clearly, directly, without artifice, and gets straight to the practical heart of the matter.

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I do think that I have been fortunate to make friendships with other scholars, and form reading groups where ideas are exchanged and papers…

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In the chapter on the nature of the atonement [in the book saving Calvinism] I argue that it is a mistake to think that…

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Reading [John] Calvin is a breath of fresh air.

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There are constraints on what counts as "Reformed." It's more than a name or a label. It's about belonging to a particular theological stream or tradition, which is shaped in important respects by particular thinkers and their work, particular arguments and ideas, a particular community (especially, particular church communities, denominations, and so on), particular liturgies or ways of worshipping and…

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To my mind [ Jonathan Edwards] is an interesting figure because he is both a canonical Reformed thinker, and yet also someone that pushed…

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