Calvin & the Calvinists [Hardcover]

Paul Helm (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1998

In this pioneering study Paul Helm shows that the substantial claims that Dr. kendall makes over the alleged theological departured from Calvin, about the realtion between the death and intercession of Christ and the character of saving faith and conversion, cannot be supported from Calvin, but rest on distrotions and misunderstandings. With the onset of the Counter-Reformation and the rise of Arminianism questions had to be faced which Calvin himself did not address. However, the Reformed theologians who tackled these issues did so in ways that were entirely consistent with the thought of Calvin himself.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 84 pages
• Publisher: Banner of Truth (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0851517501
• ISBN-13: 978-0851517506
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Kenneth B Pagano (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calvin & the Calvinists (Hardcover)

Calvin was a Calvinist as Paul Helm shows by his response to R. T. Kendall's work, "Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649". The only drawback I see with this fine little volume is that one would first need to be familiar with Kendall's work. Otherwise the reader would be lost. I first purchased Helm's book thinking it was a primer on Calvinism. While it may well serve this purpose, I discovered the need to obtain Kendall's book(no simple task) and then read Helm's response. Helm adroitly disabuses Kendall's notion that Calvin believed in a universal atonement, demonstrating that the English Calvinists were indeed his heirs and not merely those of Theodore Beza. While the discussion may be a bit out-of-date, it is not uncommon to find many with a propensity for the doctrines of grace who reject the concept of limited atonement. Hence Helm's book is still a valuble resource.