The dual story line of Calvin's sense making approach
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Authors
Van Niekerk, Erasmus
Issue Date
2009
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Redemption , Creation
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Abstract
Calvin’s sense-making approach, which is embedded in his
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559), can be construed as
a story embodying two reflexive realms, one of creation and
the other of redemption. In each of these realms, two trajectories
operate closely together. The first is a “vertical”
mirroring trajectory with God and human beings facing each
other. The second is a “horizontal” trajectory consisting in a
process that begins with God approaching human beings and
the natural cosmic world. Calvin, who was at times very
eclectic but could be very consistent too sometimes, contradicted
what usually made sense to him (e.g. his instrumentality
in the death of Servetus).
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Peer reviewed
Citation
Van Niekerk, E. 2009,' The dual story line of Calvin's sense making approach', Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXV, no. 2, pp.33-55.
Publisher
Church History Society of Southern Africa
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1017-0499