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To: metmom

Not quite, Alexander VI didn’t teach any theology as far as I know, Calvinism is built on Calvin’s theology.


63 posted on 06/27/2010 12:10:24 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee; metmom

Alexander VI was too busy ignoring the rule of celibacy and fathering children: four with one mistress; and three others with women who were unknown.

And were here condeming Calvin because he was punished by the Catholic Church for the sin of sodomy?


65 posted on 06/27/2010 12:13:43 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: wagglebee

The point of the thread was about the character of the man.

Calvin pales in comparison to Alexander VI.

Besides, as pope, he was allegedly Christ’s representative on earth and so was in charge of the Roman Catholic Church theology, so he would have been ultimately responsible for the teaching of theology so that argument is a bit weak.

For all the visibility that Calvinists have on FR, I’ve met very few in real life. Most Protestant churches hold to doctrine that is more Arminian in nature, which also played a role in the Reformation but is virtually ignored in these debates.

The Reformation and Protestantism are not strictly Calvinistic by any means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminianism


71 posted on 06/27/2010 12:22:46 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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