I need to make it clear that I do not shirk from any theological discussion about errors of Calvin, if only because his teaching has influence over souls today.This thread has shown me how the errors of Calvin pale in comparison to the errors I have seen posted on this thread by those who are critical of him.
But feel free to criticize him all you want. I've been known to do that too.
the errors of Calvin pale in comparison to the errors I have seen posted It would seem so to you, yes. The cardinal error is that of Luther:
- That only a subset of the Christian written tradition is determinative in Christian life;
- That man is capable of understanding that subset outside of the Tradition as a whole, which subsists in the Church;
- That man's faith is a binary condition that once obtained does not grow or wane;
- That grace cannot transform man.
Calvin merely took that error to its diabolical, logical, end.