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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"John Calvin"”.
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The question of deification in the theology of John Calvin
… of deification. The studies of the theology of John Calvin, who is a leading figure in the Reformation tradition, cannot avoid such a tendency, either. Not a few scholars have affirmed Calvin's doctrine of deification, in a way, akin to the Eastern doctrine of deification, by rereading him from …
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The righteousness of works in the theology of John Calvin
This thesis explores John Calvin’s positive teaching on works-righteousness, demonstrating that his understanding of the matter is more complex than is often recognized. Most studies that relay Calvin’s notion of works-righteousness tend to rehearse his negative statements on the subject in order …
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Christ our healer : a constructive dialogue between John Calvin and Gregory of Nazianzus.
… of these metaphors by evaluating their use by John Calvin and Gregory of Nazianzus. I do not attempt a full systematic account but offer these readings of Calvin and Gregory as a first exploratory step toward a Reformed catholic account of salvation as healing. Study of these figures reveals …
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Home schooling in view of John Calvin : a study in education and communion of saints /
… and maintaining day schools in the tradition of John Calvin. It aims to identify and understand factors that contributed to this tension and to find ways to bridge, diffuse, reduce, or eliminate it. In line with Calvin, personal convictions, and the nature of the community, the study takes a …
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A Historical, Biblical, and Theological Interpretation of Covenants: Unconditionality and Conditionality in Relation to Justification and Sanctification
… my argument with teachings of the Reformer, John Calvin; his successors, the Reformed covenant theologians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; and biblical covenants as evident in Scripture. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis, and chapter 2 presents brief historical and contemporary …
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Faith, obedience, and justification: Current evangelical departures from sola fide
… of sola fide , the views of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and the major Protestant creeds and confessions are examined. The thesis that unity existed among Protestants with regard to sola fide requires the examination of the development of the doctrine in Luther found in chapter 2. It shows …
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Charles Hodge: Evangelical Mystic
… and the Christian life is directly linked to John Calvin and the Westminster Standards and therefore can provide a corrective influence on current Presbyterian misunderstandings of sanctification in the church today. Hodge’s articulation of sanctification as “a participation of the Divine …
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An evaluation of the Accelerate Christian Schools for reaching children for the Kingdom of God as part of Missio Dei in South Africa
… on Christian educators such as Martin Luther, John Calvin and John Knox, as well as educational deform under Hitler. A study will be done on how Biblical doctrine was formed in children's lives in the Old and New Testament.
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Word and Spirit in Francis Turretin and Jean Claude
… and developed the teaching received from John Calvin (1509–1564) and the Synod of Dort (1619) against the theology of the Roman Catholic Church and of various groups issued from the Protestant Reformation. This dissertation demonstrates that, based on the teaching of Scripture, Turretin …
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Sin and the Story of Salvation: The Theology of Atonement in Light of Biblical Narrative Theology
… leading proponents, Anselm of Canterbury and John Calvin respectively, is the primary goal of this dissertation which will bring fresh insight unto the subject of atonement theology for today.
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Experimental Studies in Temperature Programmed Gas Chromatography
… implement TPGC on a regular basis. In 1962, John Calvin Giddings was the first to publish a simple model for TPGC. His theories concerning TPGC are still accepted as the benchmark for explaining the underlying theory. The purpose of this research was to investigate, as speculated by Giddings, …
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All We Have is Christ: The Centrality of Union with Christ in the Church's Corporate Worship
… Chapter 3 explores the theology and practice of John Calvin, evaluating how his doctrine of union with Christ shaped his understanding and practice of corporate worship. Chapter 4 presents a working definition for corporate worship that begins with understanding it as God’s Spirit-enabled and …
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God’s Foreknowledge – A philosophical investigation
… of the concept. They include St. Augustine, John Calvin, David Hunt, Luis de Molina and Gregory Boyd. From these writings, four positions have emerged: the Augustinian-Calvinist position, Simple-Foreknowledge, Molinism (Middle-knowledge) and Open Theism. In my paper, I introduce these …
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"Thy Will Be Done": A Dogmatic Defense of Dyothelitism in Light of Recent Monothelite Proposals
… as a part of his broader Christological program: John Calvin, John Gill, William G. T. Shedd, and Thomas F. Torrance (chapter 4). It is concluded that the case for dyothelitism is cumulative and systematic in nature, taking into consideration not only the witnesses of Scripture and tradition, but …
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Affect before Spinoza: Reformed Faith, Affectus, and Experience in Jean Calvin, John Donne, John Milton and Baruch Spinoza
… human agency </p><p>and activity. Beginning with John Calvin and continuing through the work of John </p><p>Donne, John Milton, and Baruch Spinoza, Affect Before Spinoza posits affectus as a basis </p><p>of faith in an emergent Reformed tradition as well as a term that informs disparate …
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Equipping Lay Leaders in Expository Preaching at Four Points Baptist Church in Centreville, Alabama
… examining the lives and preaching ministries of John Calvin and Charles Spurgeon. Chapter 4 explains the preparation and implementation of the project, as well as provides a summary of the sessions that were taught. Chapter 5 is an evaluation of the project, highlighting its strengths and …
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The Catholic Calvin: A study on the satisfaction of Christ and the necessity of the cross in John Calvin’s theology
Scholarship on John Calvin has often assumed that he was an early architect of penal substitutionary atonement (PSA) in its most retributive form. This has often led to portrayals of Calvin as teaching that God the Father punished the Son to satisfy divine wrath. Such readings not only flatten …
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