In Reply to: Re: The Bible, Luther, Calvin, etc posted by mir on May 18, 2010 at 10:13:10:
Hi, mir.
I'm aware of the relative ages of Luther and Calvin, and so forth.
Their followers did continue, over the following years, to debate sharply, and Luther's view became what mine is now; more or less. I have also read RC Sproul extensively, and respect him for several things, just not the TULIP theological apriori assumptions toward Scripture. I disagree with t hem and do NOT believe them, as I have stated, for the reasons I have stated.
Huge crushing and killing military power was behind the unreformable RCC; yes. Calvin was young and in a hurry, and his folloers tried to make more of his writings than should have been done; I think--don't forget the political element--it's always playing a big part, in any era.
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