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...

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Main Author: McCray, Alden C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2023
In: Reformed theological review
Year: 2023, Volume: 82, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-47
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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