Calvin The Magistrate
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Calvin The Magistrate
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Author : George J. Gatgounis
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2021-01-29
Calvin The Magistrate written by George J. Gatgounis and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-29 with Religion categories.
The legal and political scenario of Calvin’s day involved upheavals deriving from the force of religion upon law. Whole cities, provinces, and states came under Reformation influence, ranging from quiet individual conversions to Protestantism to the hysteria of community iconoclasm. The transformation of these societies, however, was not moving away from a religious worldview; rather, the transformation was a movement of one religion to another. In Calvin’s day, secularism, pluralism, and religious toleration were nonexistent. Europe was not in the thrall of the question “Should religion in public life be tolerated?” but rather “Which religion should be enforced, to the banning of all others?” Calvin was a driven man, but a valid question drove him: “What is the true religion?” And deriving from the central question were corollaries: “What law is right law?” and “What government is right government?” Calvin’s trek would lead him to answers. Calvin concluded that, substantively, a correct political and legal system derives from the Bible, and procedurally, the system is applied by democratically elected officials, checking and balancing one another—and his views were consistent with a Reformation consensus.
God And The Civil Government
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Author : John Calvin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-02
God And The Civil Government written by John Calvin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-02 with categories.
From the duties of Christians at the ballot box to the doctrine of the lesser magistrate, John Calvin (1509-1564) had much to say on the institution and workings of civil government. Included in this volume are his thoughts on elections, rulers, judges, and civil office. His writings discuss the role of God's law in jurisprudence and stipulate the standards by which nations must be governed. He examines just magistrates and tyrants, honor and obedience, and the overruling hand of providence found in all offices and positions of authority. He also issues a biblical warning against fearing men or favoring an unjust cause in judgment. Pertinent in its thought and stunning in its applicability to contemporary law and politics, Calvin's sermons and writings present a refreshing analysis of the providential institution of civil government and the various jurisdictions of life. His deep understanding of both the nature of man and the root of rebellion and revolution as well as the duties of rulers and citizens in the civil sphere and before God offers the modern reader a powerful and relevant exposition of Scripture's teachings on government and society. God and the Civil Government is composed of excerpts from Calvin's sermons on Deuteronomy preached in Geneva in 1555 and 1556. The text has been translated from the published version Sermons de M. Jean Calvin sur le v. livre de Moyse nommé Deuteronome (Thomas Courteau, Geneva, 1567) and has been duly compared with Arthur Golding's English translation published in 1583 under the title The Sermons of M. John Calvin upon the Fifth Book of Moses (printed by Henry Middleton for Thomas Woodcocke, London). Alongside these sermons, chapters six through eleven of this volume have been taken from Calvin's writing on the civil government in his Institutes of the Christian Religion.
Calvin The Magistrate
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Author : George J. Gatgounis
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2021-01-29
Calvin The Magistrate written by George J. Gatgounis and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-29 with Religion categories.
The legal and political scenario of Calvin's day involved upheavals deriving from the force of religion upon law. Whole cities, provinces, and states came under Reformation influence, ranging from quiet individual conversions to Protestantism to the hysteria of community iconoclasm. The transformation of these societies, however, was not moving away from a religious worldview; rather, the transformation was a movement of one religion to another. In Calvin's day, secularism, pluralism, and religious toleration were nonexistent. Europe was not in the thrall of the question "Should religion in public life be tolerated?" but rather "Which religion should be enforced, to the banning of all others?" Calvin was a driven man, but a valid question drove him: "What is the true religion?" And deriving from the central question were corollaries: "What law is right law?" and "What government is right government?" Calvin's trek would lead him to answers. Calvin concluded that, substantively, a correct political and legal system derives from the Bible, and procedurally, the system is applied by democratically elected officials, checking and balancing one another--and his views were consistent with a Reformation consensus.
Calvin And The Civil Magistrate
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Author : Joshua Rosenthal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Calvin And The Civil Magistrate written by Joshua Rosenthal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Bible categories.
John Calvin On God And Political Duty
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Author : Jean Calvin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
John Calvin On God And Political Duty written by Jean Calvin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Bible categories.
Moses And The Magistrate
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Author : Jack W. Sawyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Moses And The Magistrate written by Jack W. Sawyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Covenant theology categories.
Political Grace
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Author : Roland Boer
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Political Grace written by Roland Boer and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Religion categories.
In this exploration of Calvin's political thought, Roland Boer treats Calvin as a biblical scholar and political philosopher, showing us elusive aspects of Calvin's Institutes. Boer investigates Calvin's careful thinking in the Institutes as well as in his biblical commentaries, pursuing Calvin's understanding of political freedom. Calvin argued for a greater freedom for the faith than theologians had imagined, Boer claims, but then stepped back from the most radical implications of this call. Boer also explores Calvin's views on grace with the eye of a careful interpreter and suggests what we might find in Calvin's political thought if we took the Bible, grace, and freedom as seriously as he did. Clearly these are relevant points to consider for Christian political living today.
Luther And Calvin On Secular Authority
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Author : John Calvin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1991-09-27
Luther And Calvin On Secular Authority written by John Calvin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-09-27 with Political Science categories.
Martin Luther and John Calvin were the principal 'magistral' Reformers of the sixteenth-century: they sought to enlist the cooperation of rulers in the work of reforming the Church. However, neither regarded the relationship between Reformed Christians and the secular authorities as comfortable or unproblematic. The two pieces translated here, Luther's On Secular Authority and Calvin's On Civil Government, constitute their most sustained attempts to find the proper balance between these two commitments. Despite their mutual respect, there were wide divergences between them. Luther's On Secular Authority would later be cited en bloc in favour of religious toleration, whereas Calvin envisaged secular authority as an agency for the compulsory establishment of the external conditions of Christian virtue and the suppression of dissent. The introduction, glossary, chronology and bibliography contained in this volume locate the texts in the broader context of the theology and political thinking of their authors.
Luther And Calvin On Secular Authority
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Author : Harro Höpfl
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1991-09-27
Luther And Calvin On Secular Authority written by Harro Höpfl and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-09-27 with History categories.
Martin Luther and John Calvin were the principal 'magistral' Reformers of the sixteenth-century: they sought to enlist the cooperation of rulers in the work of reforming the Church. However, neither regarded the relationship between Reformed Christians and the secular authorities as comfortable or unproblematic. The two pieces translated here, Luther's On Secular Authority and Calvin's On Civil Government, constitute their most sustained attempts to find the proper balance between these two commitments. Despite their mutual respect, there were wide divergences between them. Luther's On Secular Authority would later be cited en bloc in favour of religious toleration, whereas Calvin envisaged secular authority as an agency for the compulsory establishment of the external conditions of Christian virtue and the suppression of dissent. The introduction, glossary, chronology and bibliography contained in this volume locate the texts in the broader context of the theology and political thinking of their authors.
John Calvin
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Author : John Calvin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1975-01-02
John Calvin written by John Calvin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-01-02 with Religion categories.
This volume presents texts selected from the full range of John Calvin's writings, including excerpts from commentaries, sermons, letters, catechisms, tracts, broad-based theological works.