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
Calvin lived in a time when it was part of their culture that putting to death someone who committed heresy was the will of God.
Agreed....
From their satanic behavior, mooselimes are living in that time still. The Revelation shows it will get ramped up way beyond what it is now. Be in the wedding party leaving soon.
I am of the Reformed Presbyterian faith.......a Calvinist
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Not Presbyterian but proud to bear the appellation “Calvinist” (Frequently hurled in a derogatory manner).
Little known fact - about half of the member churches in the S.B.C. are considered “Calvinist”
Don’t ask for a source, I read it at Baptist Press a couple of years ago and can’t find it anymore.
As it is today...
John 16:2
For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.
This has been going on now for 42 years. The sharp increase in church discipline reported by the Wall Street Journal in 2008 is directly related to the New Calvinist movement which was launched by the Australian Forum think tank in 1970. It is a return to heavy handed Geneva style Reformed leadershipthe days when Calvin had heretics burned and beheaded.
I find it odd when Protestants celebrate the birthdays of their founders, even posting their images, and yet stumble over the communion of
the saints.
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