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- Title
COVENANT THEOLOGY IN THE THOUGHT OF JOHN CALVIN: FROM THE COVENANT OF WORKS TO THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT.
- Authors
Macedo, Breno
- Abstract
Covenant theology has always had a special place in the Reformed branch of theology. It is the ground for several other doctrines and also functions as a hermeneutical key to reading and interpreting the Scriptures. Although the great systematizations of this doctrine only appeared in the seventeenth-century and onward, it is possible to find it present in the thought of the early Reformers. This article investigates some of the main works of John Calvin in the attempt to organize his thought regarding this doctrine and aims to formulate what would be the view of the Genevan reformer on each dispensation of the divine covenant with man. The article analyses the following covenants: works, Noahic, and Abrahamic. Several articles have been published investigating Calvin's covenantal thought as a whole, in terms of the covenant of grace in general. It was not possible to find an academic contribution that would investigate each of the dispensations in Calvin's thought.
- Subjects
COVENANT theology; CALVIN, Jean, 1509-1564; COVENANTS (Reformed Church theology); BIBLICAL teaching on covenants; CALVINISM; NOAH (Biblical figure); ABRAHAM (Biblical patriarch)
- Publication
Fides Reformata, 2015, Vol 20, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
1517-5863
- Publication type
Article