Calvin and the Scholastic Doctrine of God's Absolute Power

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This little section from De Moor is instructive. Calvin repudiates a doctrine of God's Absolute Power, while the latter Reformed Scholastics affirm such a doctrine. Are they actually at odds? The answer: No. The problem rests in the definition of the doctrine...

Let us beware of merely verbal disputes, "wranglings about words"...