Election and Ecclesiology in the Post-Constantinian Church1

It is often enough averred that Calvin developed his doctrine of predestination in order to reassure believers of their status before God; it is even more often asserted that the overall effect of his teaching was eventually to subvert that assurance, or at any rate to turn it into a form of self-ab...

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Main Author: Gunton, Colin E. 1941-2003 (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2000
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2000, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 212-227
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