John Calvin's IdeasOUP Oxford, 2004 M11 11 - 448 pages This is a major study of the theological thought of John Calvin, which examines his central theological ideas through a philosophical lens, looking at issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Ethics. The study, the first of its kind, is concerned with how Calvin actually uses philosophical ideas in his work as a theologian and biblical commentator. The book also includes a careful examination of those ideas of Calvin to which the Reformed Epistemologists appeal, to find grounds and precedent for their development of `Reformed Epistemology', notably the sensus divinitatis and the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit. |
Contents
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| 11 | |
2 The Trinity | 35 |
3 The Extra | 58 |
4 Providence and Evil | 93 |
5 The Soul | 129 |
6 Free Will | 157 |
7 Divine Accommodation | 184 |
9 Revelation | 246 |
10 The Angels | 282 |
11 The Power Dialectic | 312 |
12 Equity Natural Law and Common Grace | 347 |
13 Faith Atonement and Time | 389 |
| 417 | |
| 429 | |
8 Natural Theology and the Sensus Divinitatis | 209 |
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