John Calvin on Errors in Scriptures (Quotations from Calvin’s Commentaries) (January 30, 2014)

At many times, John Calvin's describes the ontology of Scripture using the same vernacular as contemporary statements such as the Chicago Statement of Biblical Inerrancy, as well as dictation theories such as Plenary Verbal Inspiration that makes strong assertions about the Scripture's inerrancy, infallbility, and identity with the Word of […]

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John Calvin on the Roman Catholic Objections to the Reformation (February 1, 2013)

John Eck's Enchiridion locorum communium adversus Lutheranos (1526, 1536) John Calvin lists what he believes to be the basic objections the Roman Catholic Church held against the Reformation in the 16th Century. "They call it "new" and "of recent birth."  "They reproach it as "doubtful and uncertain" "They inquire whether it is right for […]

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John T. McNeill, On John Calvin’s View of Scripture (January 18, 2013)

John Calvin Did John Calvin hold to a doctrine of the Scriptures that is rejected by the Reformed Confessions? And would Calvin's understanding of Scripture be accepted as acceptable by most Evangelical Churches in America today? It seems that according to John T. McNeill's Introduction to his edition of the "Institutes […]

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