Posted on 07/10/2015 8:15:34 AM PDT by RnMomof7
Today is the birthday of John Calvin, Pastor, theologian and scholar ....
One may disagree with his theology .. but his contribution to the church and the world can not be denied..
"In 1559, as part of his social reforms, Calvin founded a school for training children as well as a hospital for the indigent. His Geneva Academy attracted students from all over Europe and in 1564, when he died, had 1,200 on the roll. Education could inculcate values and morality. His pedagogy was quite progressive; teachers should not be authoritarian but “should join [and] walk with [students] as companions” (qtd. in Bouwsma, 90). Calvin has been called “the father of popular education and the inventor of free schools” (Schaff 83, quoting George Bancroft). He made provision for 5,000 refugees between 1542 and 1560. Throughout his time in Geneva, he preached, performed numerous marriages and baptisms, gave spiritual advice, took part in controversy by correspondence with other reformers, as well as guiding the life of the city. He was a conscientious pastor. He took the care of souls very seriously. Preaching was for him primarily a pastoral act (see Willimon, 141). His main concerns were always pastoral and theological. One of the standard texts on the care of souls in the reformed tradition would be penned by a leading English Calvinist, Richard Baxter (1615-1691).
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/John_Calvin
Calvin the Theologian left us with his commentary on the scriptures
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/commentaries.i.html
Ping before someone plays the Servetus card....
Well we would just have to play the inquisition card :)
Reformation ping
And his followers built an Empire of Liberty. Be they the Puritans of New England, or the Presbyterian Scotch Irish out on the frontier.
'He who will not honor the memory and respect the influence of Calvin knows but little of the origin of American liberty.'
George Bancroft
I once belonged to a RC church that had stained glass windows of Luther, buddha ,Walter Ruther ,and many easter deities..
My current church does not even have a cross
How do you confuse a Calvinist on John’s birthday?
– Offer them three cakes and say it’s up to them which one they eat.
Everybody forgot the other Calvin on July 4th.
Yep ...our constitution has for its base Calvin's theology ...
They will eat the one God predestined them to choose :)
One of Calvin’s theological points that never made sense to me was that only 244,000 souls were going to make it to heaven. Can either of you clairify or determine if there is either another meaning or if it was just ‘anti-Calvin’ propaganda?
On an ancestral sidelight: I come from a long line of Protestants, who were chased out of Switzerland by Calvinists, thus there may be some ‘disinformation’ from that event.
Why do Free Republic Calvinists hate the republican primary threads?
They love the idea of election, but can’t get past casting personal ballots.
Sounds like the JW's to me... not Calvin
Things were very different during the time of the Reformation ... .. People took their doctrinal position seriously enough to kill for it.. ..
I am of the Reformed Presbyterian faith.......a Calvinist
Happy Blessed Birthday John Calvin!
Romans 13:1Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.…
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.