The Calvinist International
As far as I can tell, the majority report of the theological tradition, and especially among Protestant theologians and biblical commentators, is that lying is always wrong, even in the case of the so-called mendacium officiosum, the “officious” or “dutiful lie,” when the goal is to preserve the life or virtue of another while doing no […]
In Institutes 2.8.11, John Calvin gives an account of some of the reasons for which the moral law as summarized in the Decalogue is divided into two tables. In brief, the Law is a seamless whole, and its primary matter is placed first. It is absurd, in Calvin’s view, to talk about righteousness or justice (coram […]
I remarked previously that Irenaeus considers the content of the natural law and the Decalogue to be identical. This is pretty standard stuff generally and is the standard position of the Reformed tradition. Turretin, for instance, teaches it in his Institutes of Elenctic Theology. First, Turretin describes the moral law as “the pattern of God’s image […]