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  2. John Calvin's view of Scripture - Wikipedia

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    John Calvin believed that Scripture is necessary for human understanding of God's revelation, that it is the equivalent of direct revelation, and that it is both "majestic" and "simple." Calvin's general, explicit exposition of his view of Scripture is found mainly in his Institutes of the Christian Religion. [1] Authentic Geneva Bible from 1578.

  3. Theology of John Calvin - Wikipedia

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    John Calvin developed his theology in his biblical commentaries as well as his sermons and treatises, but the most concise expression of his views is found in his magnum opus, the Institutes of the Christian Religion. He intended that the book be used as a summary of his views on Christian theology and that it be read in conjunction with his ...

  4. John Calvin - Wikipedia

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    e. John Calvin (/ ˈkælvɪn /; [1] Middle French: Jehan Cauvin; French: Jean Calvin [ʒɑ̃ kalvɛ̃]; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including its ...

  5. Accommodation (religion) - Wikipedia

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    Accommodation (religion) (Divine) Accommodation (or condescension) is the theological principle that God, while being in his nature unknowable and unreachable, has nevertheless communicated with humanity in a way that humans can understand and to which they can respond, pre-eminently by the incarnation of Christ and similarly, for example, in ...

  6. Reformed Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Statues of William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox, influential theologians in developing the Reformed faith, at the Reformation Wall in Geneva. Reformed Christianity, [1] also called Calvinism, [a] is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.

  7. Christian apologetics - Wikipedia

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    Christian apologetics (Ancient Greek: ἀπολογία, "verbal defense, speech in defense") [1] is a branch of Christian theology that defends Christianity. [2]Christian apologetics have taken many forms over the centuries, starting with Paul the Apostle in the early church and Patristic writers such as Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Justin Martyr and Tertullian, then continuing with writers ...

  8. Reformed epistemology - Wikipedia

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    Reformed epistemology. Sixteenth-century portrait of John Calvin by an unknown artist. In the philosophy of religion, Reformed epistemology is a school of philosophical thought concerning the nature of knowledge (epistemology) as it applies to religious beliefs. [1] The central proposition of Reformed epistemology is that beliefs can be ...

  9. Institutes of the Christian Religion - Wikipedia

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    The title page of the fifth and final 1559 edition of John Calvin 's Institutio Christianae Religionis, published in Geneva in 1559. Institutes of the Christian Religion (Latin: Institutio Christianae Religionis) is John Calvin 's seminal work of systematic theology. Regarded as one of the most influential works of Protestant theology, [1] it ...