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1 | Was Calvin just a slick lawyer? | Matt 27:3 | Reformer Joe | 74620 | ||
Again, good quotes, but none of them substantiate the claims you were making. Calvin was trained in logic (gasp!). Logical reasoning is a GOOD thing. He did attend law school, but abandoned any prospects of a career in law after his father died (and therefore never was a lawyer, as I had said). He was a good orator (again, as a pastor, don't you think that is a plus?). Where is the manipulation, the being hired by others to legally prosecute the Protestant cause, and the lack of pursuit of God's truth? I fail to see any of that here. "Perhaps you would be so kind to supply information to where Calvin studied Hebrew and Greek. Where he study theology and under what teaching was he trained in exegesis." http://www.hfac.uh.edu/gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Calvin/Calvin.html Now perhaps we can stop the character assasinations of those saints to whom you owe a great deal of your spiritual heritage and get back to discussing the BIBLE. --Joe! |
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2 | Was Calvin just a slick lawyer? | Matt 27:3 | EdB | 74631 | ||
Joe My desire has been to study the Bible and I have repeatedly asked that forum return to that. When this C/A debate started I pleaded that this forum was not the place for it. Yet without fail the debate keeps coming up. Your link presents one perspective but others have voiced opinions they doubted Calvin knew little more than the Hebrew alphabet (Phillip Simeon). He was never known to translate anything. I will concede he possessed a mastery of Latin and French and probably knew more Hebrew than just the alphabet, however his understanding of Greek let a lot to be desired. This is seen in the conclusions he reached and the Bible text he presents as proof. Character Assassination? Such inflammatory words? Although not unexpected. I have nothing further to say to you on this subject. EdB |
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