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Article: The context of natural law: John Calvin's doctrine of the two Kingdoms.
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- Journal of Church and State
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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Scholars continue to produce a great deal of literature on John Calvin's social thought. His views on legal, political, and economic issues still intrigue those interested in how Calvin used the medieval tradition that he inherited, where he fit in the reformation, humanist, and renaissance movements of his day, and how his thought shaped Western society in subsequent centuries. Almost inevitably, those engaged in such discussions turn to the question of natural law. That Calvin appealed to the concept of natural law on numerous occasions is a simple fact, but interpretation of these appeals has long puzzled and divided scholars. As William Klempa helpfully explains in his ...
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... ... Creation in the Theology of John Calvin, Allison Park PA, Pickwick ... impressive study of one aspect of Calvin's theology: the relation ... Christ?" (p.xxiv). Here Calvin has a surprisingly positive ... question of "Jesus Christ and the Natural Law". Actually, the scope of ...
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