Defending ‘Avertive’ Religion: Calvin on the Visio Dei and Moral Theology
Against claims that John Calvin repudiated the beatific vision and teleological virtue ethics, this article demonstrates the importance of the visio Dei by examining sections of Calvin’s exegesis and several important sermons. To explicate how such a teleology impacts the Christian’s relation to ‘lo...
| Published in: | Reformed theological review |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Reformed theological review
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Visio Dei
B John Calvin B Transcendence B Virtue Ethics B Moral Theology |
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| Summary: | Against claims that John Calvin repudiated the beatific vision and teleological virtue ethics, this article demonstrates the importance of the visio Dei by examining sections of Calvin’s exegesis and several important sermons. To explicate how such a teleology impacts the Christian’s relation to ‘lower goods’, it then explores Augustine’s theology of created being. Together these conversations contribute to an explanation of Calvin’s view of Christian moral life now through growth in virtue and in relation to the hope of seeing or contemplating God. |
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| ISSN: | 0034-3072 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformed theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53521/a344 |