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Calvin is not Puritan certainly; the operative word with Lauer is Nascent. He's more Puritan than given credit is Lauer's point, and not just the Practical Sabbatarianism already shown by men like John Primus. If I have time I'll try to put something up; right now I have CPJs to get out and I'm fighting muscles seezing up and only 4 hours sleep last night. Quote:
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Originally Posted by NaphtaliPress Rich,
Have you read Woody Lauer's piece in the 2007 CPJ--John Calvin, the Nascent Sabbatarian: A Reconsideration of Calvin’s View of Two Key Sabbath-Issues? | I too am interested in the article. Also -- what is your opinion, Chris? Do you believe Calvin was a nascent/emerging Sabbatarian?
I agree with Rich that Calvin's wording in the Institutes is both strong, and strongly attached to his scriptural prooftexts. He would have had to do significant theological backtracking to acknowledge a Christian Sabbath. (Such things are not out of the question, I suppose.) | Quote:
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Originally Posted by NaphtaliPress Rich,
Have you read Woody Lauer's piece in the 2007 CPJ--John Calvin, the Nascent Sabbatarian: A Reconsideration of Calvin’s View of Two Key Sabbath-Issues? | I'll need to re-read that Chris. Sometimes you need to learn some stuff in order for other stuff to make sense. This is the first time I've read the Institutes so I'm trying to put a lot of the stuff he wrote into context. I recognize he's one man but he was certainly formative for many. I see some "seeds" of a Sabbath in what he writes here but this is his mature expression in the Institutes and he seems pretty firm in some of his conclusions that are contrary to some Puritan convictions. | |