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John Calvin, the Beatific Vision, and the End of Mediation

Dr. Hutchinson’s recent post on Augustine reminded me about a point of Calvin’s eschatology that I wanted to explore. Agreeing with Augustine, Calvin argues that there will come a time when Christ’s mediation will come to an end, and the godman will deliver the kingdom over to the Trinity (considered properly; its deity as such). […]

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Archive Civic Polity Ecclesiastical Polity Nota Bene Sacred Doctrine Steven Wedgeworth

The Kingdom of Christ and the End of Rule

In what is surely a passage begging for a dissertation, John Calvin makes some astounding observations about 1 Corinthians 15:24 and its implications for the rulers of the temporal world: When he shall have abolished all rule. Some understand this as referring to the powers that are opposed to Christ himself; for they have an eye […]