October 17, 2005

gerrish on john calvin

Just so everyone knows, I am at Seabury working on my thesis. Be ye warned.

Rightly or wrongly, [Calvin] always saw himself as Luther's kin, even as Luther's disciple. When he first became acquainted with the inner-Protestant controversy on the sacraments, Calvin's instinctive sympathies were more with Wittenberg than with Zurich, and he tells us that he did not even trouble to read Oecolampadius or Zwingli for himself.
This quote is from B.A. Gerrish's book, Grace and Gratitude. I commend it to your reading if you consider yourself a scholar fo John Calvin. It is an interesting text, full of Calvin's sacramental theology and anti-Papist rants. Fun for the whole family! Posted by tripp at October 17, 2005 11:35 AM
Comments

now I don't know why anyone would want to be a Calvin scholar. Gerrish, on the other hand is always worth the read. You planning on moving to Geneva and setting of a theocracy? You may no longer be a an anglobaptist if you love hierarchy and theocrcay. You may be an arch anglican.
Hope the research is going well. Hope the razzing is properly received.

Posted by: Jeff at October 17, 2005 11:54 AM

Hey, bro. Email me.

Posted by: Clifton D. Healy at October 17, 2005 12:47 PM

No, he's planning on setting up a theocracy right here in Chicago! Ack.

GOOD NEWS that you are working on The Thesis. Go, pastor! Go!!!!!!!

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