This historically significant volume collects Karl Barth's lectures on John Calvin, delivered at the University of Göttingen in 1922. The book opens with an illuminating sketch of medieval theology, an appreciation of Luther's breakthrough, and a comparative study of the roles of Zwingli and Calvin. The main body of the work consists of an increasingly sympathetic, and at times amusing, account of Calvin's life up to his recall to Geneva. In the process, Barth examines and evaluates the early theological writings of Calvin, especially the first edition of the Institutes.
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Geoffrey W. Bromiley is professor emeritus of Church History and Historical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is best known as the translator of numerous theological books, including the 9-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.
(1886-1968) Karl Barth was professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He is considered by some to be the greatest Protestant theologian of the twentieth century and possibly the greatest since the Reformation. Among his most famous works are Church Dogmatics and The Epistle to the Romans.
(1886-1968) Karl Barth was professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He is considered by some to be the greatest Protestant theologian of the twentieth century and possibly the greatest since the Reformation. Among his most famous works are Church Dogmatics and The Epistle to the Romans.
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Calvin's theology, and much more,
This review is from: The Theology of John Calvin (Paperback)
The Theology of John Calvin does in fact deliver what the title promises - a good analysis/summary of Calvin's theology - but it also delivers much more.
One of the best things about The Theology of John Calvin is Barth's overview of the medieval church preceding the material on Calvin himself. It lays a great foundation for the discussion of the life and theology of John Calvin by showing you where he stood in history, what he was reacting to, and the underlying ideological issues at work in the reformation. It also gives a more sympathetic, understanding portrait of the medieval church than is often drawn for us. Barth then provides a lengthy analysis of the other superstars of the Protestant Reformation -- Luther and Zwingly -- and compares the three. Barth does a masterful job of always keeping the broad, historical picture in view, yet at the same time paints a very detailed and human portrait of Calvin as a man.
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Middle Ages, Lord's Supper, Roman Catholic, Word of God, God's Word, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Peter Kunz, Reformed Protestantism, Council of Two Hundred, New York, Duns Scotus, Heidelberg Catechism, Augsburg Confession, Bernard of Clairvaux, German Swiss, German Theology, Lord's Prayer, Athanasian Creed, Faber Stapulensis, Johannes Calvin, Lutheran Reformation, Thomas Aquinas, Calvin's Institutes, Defensio Gallasii New!
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- Commentary on True and False Religion by Ulrich Zwingli on 4 pages
- Word of God and the Word of Man by Karl Barth on page 51, and page 73
- The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon on page 228, and page 398
- What is Christianity (Fortress Texts in Modern Theology) by Adolf von Harnack on page 37, and page 60
- Freedom of a Christian. Martin Luther by Luther on page 75, and page 76
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- Theological Hermeneutics and 1 Thessalonians (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series) by Angus Paddison on 4 pages
- Karl Barth's Theological Exegesis: The Hermeneutical Principles of the Romerbrief Period by Richard E. Burnett on page 24, page 251, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin (Cambridge Companions to Religion) by Donald K. McKim on page 303, and Back Matter
- Light for the City: Calvin's Preaching, Source of Life and Liberty by Lester De Koster in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Karl Barth's Christological Ecclesiology (Barth Studies) by Kimlyn J. Bender on page 89, and Back Matter
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