Overview of John Calvins Institutes of Christian Religion. Book 3: chapter 21. By Matthew McMahon. God is free. He is active in election and in reprobation. But man is still responsible because they are cognitive and fallen creatures that have rebelled. Man is in bondage and is unable to save himself, or rescue himself out of this bondage. Overview of John Calvins Institutes of Christian Religion. Book 3: chapter 22. By Matthew McMahon. Rejection and reprobation do not take place according to merit – as if man could earn his reprobation before he was created. Rather, reprobation is also a product of the divine will of God. Reprobation and election rest on God’s will alone. apuritansmind/the-reformation/an-overview-of-calvin’s-“institutes-of-the-christian-religion”-by-c-matthew-mcmahon/
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