Tag Archive: muller

Jan
15

The Extra Calvinisticum

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Have you ever wondered how Christ was all present, yet located locally in Jesus Christ of Nazareth? Have you ever wondered how Christ continued to uphold the universe yet walk around Jerusalem? Or, how did the fulness of deity dwell bodily in Christ (Col. 2:9)? In other words, how do we uphold the deity and …

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Dec
30

Calvin’s Contemporaries: Bullinger, Musculus & Vermigli

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In this second section of Richard Muller’s, Christ and the Decree, he investigates three influential reformers who were contemporaries of John Calvin: Bullinger, Musculus, and Vermigli.  Unlike the Lutheran tradition, of whom Martin Luther was the source, the Reformed tradition had many influences apart of John Calvin.  Since this is the case, an investigation into …

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Dec
16

Christ and the Decree: Calvin

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Richard Muller‘s Christ and the Decree is an historical account of the development of theological thought from the Reformation through to the Post-Reformation, more precisely, of Christology and Predestination from Calvin to Perkins. I’m reading this with a bunch of good fellas from college during the holidays, and hoping to summarise my findings here! Sorry …

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Nov
04

Calvin was not a “Calvinst”….

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… But neither were the Calvinists … Who is a Calvinist anyway…? argues Richard Muller in this fascinating article. As part of the 2009 Calvinpalooza of events, Richard Muller gave this address at Calvin Theological Seminary in the States. It is an absolutely superb discussion of the following types of things: Is it anachronistic to …

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