John Calvin’s Proof for Satan’s Existence (October 22, 2012)

2019-03-29: An updated version of this article is available here: Does the Devil (or Satan) Exist? Friedrich Schleiermacher debates John Calvin Illustration of the Devil in the Codex Gigas, Early 13th Century John Calvin's proof for the existence of Satan in Institutes 1.14.17-18 continues to be useful, so I'm providing an extended […]

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Abraham Kuyper on Hegel, Schleiermacher and Natural Theology (June 22, 2012)

Abraham Kuyper Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) was a Dutch Reformed Theologian and Political, and in his massive three-volume Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology, I've quoted Kuyper's assessment of Hegel and Schleiermacher in regards to Natural Revelation. Beginning with the introduction in John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, the Reformed Church has defined its epistemology […]

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John Calvin on Lent (March 10, 2011)

How should a Christian respond to the call to Lent? John Calvin has a passionate aversion to lent in his Institutes 4.12.20. And when Calvin is passionate about something, we should be slow to ignore it. Institutes 4.12.20: Then the superstitious obser...

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