Barbara Pitkin traces the way in which Calvin's exegetical labours contributed to his understanding of faith. Through detailed analysis of Calvin's interpretation of selected biblical passages, this study shows how his views evolved. Pitkin describes the gradual development of the mature Calvin's view that faith exhibits a twofold character -- saving faith and providential faith -- that corresponds to the twofold aspect its object -- Christ as both the incarnate and eternal Son of God.
| ISBN: | 9780195128284 |
| Publication date: | 2nd December 1999 |
| Author: | Barbara Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University Pitkin |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 270 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Studies in Historical Theology |
| Genres: |
Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches Christianity Theology |