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NASB | Matthew 27:3 ¶ Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 27:3 ¶ When Judas, His betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was gripped with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, [Ex 21:32] |
Bible Question:
Ed, When one makes blanket assertions that tend to cast another in a bad light, it is only fair to provide evidence to support their accusations. What is your evidence? John |
Bible Answer: John First John why even suggest of such inflammatory term as "slick"? Study Calvin and draw your own conclusions. I stated facts which any accurate historical portrait of John would include. Calvin’s training was as a lawyer his intention was to make money. He was pressed into service to defend the reformers from Rome. Again he was never trained in theology nor did he ever claim to be a theologian. He was hired to find chinks in Rome’s position and exploit them in an effort to disprove Rome’s infallibility. The Reformation after it was ignited was fought more on political/social issues of who actually would obtain/maintain controlling power, Rome or the government of the country. Therefore the primary pursuit was not theological purity but rather a way to prove Rome wrong and therefore capable of making mistakes thus weakening their hold on the religious throat of the people and governments. In this pursuit Calvin presented many plausible contradiction to Rome’s established position. This was done to defeat Rome again not for the express purpose of theological correctness. However after something is repeated often enough it begins to become the accepted norm. When Rome’s power was finally broken theologians began trying reestablish correct Biblical doctrine, that it was found Calvin’s arguments had been mistakenly taken as gospel and Calvin’s supporters in many cases paranoid of Rome rising again refused to accept otherwise. As I said he wrote the Institutes of Christianity in 2-4 years after his salvation with no previous study or without claiming divine guidance. Not as a theological effort but rather a legal brief to the King of France defending the position of the reformers. He knew and exploited the King’s weakness, because Rome had established doctrine and non clergy knew little if any of the actual Bible, the King was open to any logical appearing defense. If the same thing would be attempted today and presented the same contradictory conclusions to orthodoxy as did Calvin they would be discounted by established theologians as ramblings of a mad man. Yet because they served a purpose that being the freedom from Rome they were proclaimed and later accepted as truth. Think about it. EdB |