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Calvin
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Glen Clary/May 18, 2016
Calvin on Union with Christ through Word and Sacrament
In his “Summary of Doctrine Concerning the Ministry of the Word and the Sacraments,” Calvin articulates the idea of union and communion with Christ through the means of grace. The …
Glen Clary/May 17, 2016
Catholic Describes Communion Service in Calvin’s Church
What was the Communion service like in Calvin’s Geneva? One Catholic who attended a service gave the following description. Three or four times a year, according to the will of …
Glen Clary/April 23, 2016
Calvin on the Realities & Signs of the Sacraments
In Calvin’s thinking, the signs of the sacraments should be distinguished from the realities which they signify, but they should not be separated from them. First Corinthians 10:1-4 says, For …
Glen Clary/April 18, 2016
Ex-PCA Pastor Awards Calvin a Dunce Cap
Rumor has it that when Pope Leo X read Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, he said, “What drunken German wrote this?” It is also rumored that when Martin Luther read Jason …
Glen Clary/March 7, 2016
John Calvin: Servant of the Word of God
In St. Peter’s Cathedral in Geneva there is a plaque commemorating the life and ministry of John Calvin, which simply describes him as “servant of the Word of God.”[1] Truly, …
Robert Tarullo/October 27, 2014
Book 2, Chapter 3, Sections 5-9 – Everything Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable
Sections 5. Though man has still the faculty of willing, there is no soundness in it. He falls under the bondage of sin necessarily, and yet voluntarily. Necessity must be …