The Unaccommodated Calvin: Studies in the Foundation of a Theological Tradition (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology)

This book attempts to understand Calvin in his 16th-century context, with attention to continuities and discontinuities between his thought and that of his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors. Muller pays particular attention to the interplay between theological and philosophical themes common to Calvin and the medieval doctors, and to developments in rhetoric and method associated with humanism. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 12 ONE: An Approach To Calvin: On Overcoming Modern Accommodations 16 Part I: Perspectives on Calvin's Text 32 TWO: Of Prefaces, "Arguments," and Letters to the Reader: Calvin's Testimonies to His Intention and Method 34 THREE: Scholasticism in Calvin: A Question of Relation and Disjunction 52 FOUR: In the Light of Orthodoxy: The "Method and Disposition" of Calvin's Institutio from the Perspective of Calvin's Late-Sixteenth-Century Editors 75 FIVE: Beyond the Abyss and the Labyrinth: An Ordo recte docendi 92 Part II: Text, Context, and Conversation: The Institutes in Calvin's Theological Program 112 SIX: To Elaborate on the Topics: The Context and Method of Calvin's Institutes 114 SEVEN: Establishing the ordo docendi: The Organization of Calvin's Institutes 131 EIGHT: Fontes argumentorum and capita doctrinae: Method and Argument in Calvin's Construction of loci and disputationes 153 NINE: Fides and Cognitio in Relation to the Problem of Intellect and Will in the Theology of John Calvin 172 TEN: The Study of Calvin—Contexts and Directions 187 Notes 202 Bibliography 280 Index 314 A 314 B 314 C 315 D 316 E 316 F 316 G 316 H 317 I 317 J 318 K 318 L 318 M 319 N 319 O 319 P 320 Q 320 R 320 S 320 T 321 U 321 V 321 W 321 Z 321 This Book Attempts To Understand Calvin In His Sixteenth-century Context, With Attention To Continuities And Discontinuities Between His Thought And That Of His Predecessors, Contemporaries, And Successors. Richard Muller Is Particularly Interested In The Interplay Between Theological And Philosophical Themes Common To Calvin And The Medieval Doctors, And In Developments In Rhetoric And Method Associated With Humanism.--publisher Description. An Approach To Calvin : On Overcoming Modern Accommodations -- Of Prefaces, Arguments, And Letters To The Reader : Calvin's Testimonies To His Intention And Method -- Scholasticism In Calvin : A Question Of Relation And Disjunction -- In The Light Of Orthodoxy : The Method And Disposition Of Calvin's Institutio From The Perspective Of Calvin's Late-sixteenth-century Editors -- Beyond The Abyss And The Labyrinth : An Ordo Recte Docendi -- To Elaborate On The Topics : The Context And Method Of Calvin's Institutes, 1536-1559 -- Fontes Argumentorum And Capita Doctrinae : Methods And Argument In Calvin's Construction Of Loci And Disputationes -- Fides And Cognitio In Relation To The Problem Of Intellect And Will In The Theology Of John Calvin -- The Study Of Calvin : Contexts And Directions. Richard A. Muller. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 267-300) And Index. "This book attempts to understand Calvin in his sixteenth-century context, with attention to continuities and discontinuities between his thought and that of his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors. Calvin's conclusions, together with those of a group of contemporary Reformed and Lutheran thinkers, famously became the basis of much later Protestant theology. When understood in its sixteenth-century context, Muller argues, Calvin's theology proves both intriguing and intractable to twentieth-century concerns. This intractable and unaccommodated Calvin, he says, is important to our historical understanding in direct proportion to the level of distortion found in several generations of modern dogmatic analysis of Calvin's thought."--BOOK JACKET. This title looks at Calvin in his 16th-century context, dealing with the differences of his thought and his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors. The author shows that Calvin's theology evidences the impact of humanist philology, patristics, rhetoric and that of medieval scholastic thought. The life and thought of John Calvin (1509-1564), the great Reformer of Geneva one of the principal founders of the Reformed tradition, have been presented on so many pages in such a wide variety of books that, at first glance, one might well wonder whether anything new can be said. With attention to continuities and discontinuities between his thought and that of his predecessors, contemporaries and successors, this book attempts to understand Calvin in his 16th century context