The Calvinist International
In today’s theses, Hemmingsen discusses the very important topic of adiaphora, or things indifferent, for that is what undergirds his comments on “ceremonies.” What Zanchi does in the case of festivals, Hemmingsen does in the case of ceremonies, distinguishing between two types, viz. those instituted by God and those instituted by man. Divinely ordained ceremonies […]
In his comments on Psalm 63.2, Calvin makes his characteristic distinctions and connections between external and internal, outward ceremony and inward piety, signum and res. For Calvin, “devotional exercises” are of great use and value, and should not be neglected; but David gives evidence that the true worship of God, which is spiritual, can occur even […]
In Institutes 2.7.1, Calvin discusses why the Law was “superadded” at Sinai. The giving of the Law to Moses and, through him, to Israel can only be properly understood, he believes, when connected with the end of the Law, which was always Christ and the spiritual worship of God by a “kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.” This […]