"If you have never studied the life of John Calvin, I would encourage you to do so (as I would ask Calvinists to study the life of Arminius). Calvin was an intellectual giant. The man was a remarkable preacher and student of the Word of God. I don’t agree with him on all issues but like Arminius, I can appreciate much of what Calvin wrote. Arminius said the following about Calvin: “Next to the study of the Scriptures which I earnestly inculcate, I exhort my pupils to peruse Calvin’s Commentaries, which I extol in loftier terms than Helmich himself [a Dutch divine, 1551–1608]; for I affirm that he excels beyond comparison in the interpretation of Scripture, and that his commentaries ought to be more highly valued than all that is handed down to us by the library of the fathers; so that I acknowledge him to have possessed above most others, or rather above all other men, what may be called an eminent spirit of prophecy. His Institutes ought to be studied after the [Heidelberg] Catechism, as containing a fuller explanation, but with discrimination, like the writings of all men.”
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:23:34 +0000
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