What Does Calvin’s Engagement with Acts Teach Us about God’s Providence?

Calvin’s commentarial engagement with Acts makes an important contribution to understanding providence. This is, I argue, the case with respect to the important distinction between divine determination and divine permission. In this article, I unfold how the language of divine determination refers t...

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Главный автор: Holmes, Christopher R. J. 1974- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Brill 2021
В: Journal of reformed theology
Год: 2021, Том: 15, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 208-224
Индексация IxTheo:HC Новый Завет
KAG Реформация
KDD Евангелическая церковь
NBC Бог
Другие ключевые слова:B Providence
B Calvin
B Cross
B Evil
B Will
B Jesus Christ
B God
B Acts
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Итог:Calvin’s commentarial engagement with Acts makes an important contribution to understanding providence. This is, I argue, the case with respect to the important distinction between divine determination and divine permission. In this article, I unfold how the language of divine determination refers to what is true of God in a substantial sense. God’s determination reflects what God is in se. The language of permission, however, pertains only to evil. Such an inquiry advances systematic thinking on providence, encouraging recognition of how determination and permission have different referents. ‘Determination’ refers to what is of God, ‘permission’ to what is evil. The article also contributes to Calvin scholarship by showing how Calvin’s encounter with Acts generates a more expansive account of providential themes than one finds in the Institutes.
ISSN:1569-7312
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of reformed theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15697312-bja10015