Bernard combret calvin a biography of fridays

Some history and histories of Calvin in the context of the Reformation

Ian Hazlett

Theology in Scotland, 2009

This essay consists essentially of an Identikit of Calvin and his mentality.

Presented will be something of himself, how others have viewed him, and select areas of controversy in his work and thought. The intention is to illustrate chiefly that in approaching 'Calvin', one needs to be both circumspect and ready for surprises.

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Calvin's vision of the interim cosmos 'All the world's a stage', says Jaques in Shakespeare's As You Like It. It is an axiom that Calvin could assent to-'God has set us on a stage', he once remarked.

1 For although he had little time for theatre as box-office entertainment, Calvin did compare his concept of the divine-human relationship to 'theatre'. He took his cue both from biblical literature and Renaissance