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Oxford Studies in Historical Theology Ser.: Font of Pardon and New Life : John Calvin and the Efficacy of Baptism by Lyle D. Bierma (2021, Hardcover)
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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100197553877
ISBN-139780197553879
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Number of Pages278 Pages
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Publication NameFont of Pardon and New Life : John Calvin and the Efficacy of Baptism
Publication Year2021
SubjectChristianity / Protestant, Christianity / Denominations
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion
AuthorLyle D. Bierma
SeriesOxford Studies in Historical Theology Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Reviews"This study is a refreshing, direct, engaging, and insightful look at one of the most popular theologians in the Reformed tradition. Bierma has likely achieved much in reviving interest in Calvin's octrines of the sacraments and charting a methodological and conceptual way forward." -- Harrison Perkins, Anglican and Episcopal History"This fine study examines John Calvin's doctrine of baptism. It will be welcomed by a wide range of scholars, from those who focus on Calviniana to those who research sacramental theology, ecclesiology, personal piety, Early Modern theology, history, and so forth." -- JON BALSERAK, University of Bristol., The Journal of Religion"the book will provoke and challenge this reviewer's own teaching of Calvin's theology to students and, I suspect, prompt and resource many others to attend more effectively to his sacramental theology." -- Michael Allen, Reading Religion"The most interesting parts of the book were those that both registered and settled into some of the cracks in Calvin's own theological system." -- Julie Canlis, Scottish Journal of Theology, "the book will provoke and challenge this reviewer's own teaching of Calvin's theology to students and, I suspect, prompt and resource many others to attend more effectively to his sacramental theology." -- Michael Allen, Reading Religion, "This fine study examines John Calvin's doctrine of baptism. It will be welcomed by a wide range of scholars, from those who focus on Calviniana to those who research sacramental theology, ecclesiology, personal piety, Early Modern theology, history, and so forth." -- JON BALSERAK, University of Bristol., The Journal of Religion "the book will provoke and challenge this reviewer's own teaching of Calvin's theology to students and, I suspect, prompt and resource many others to attend more effectively to his sacramental theology." -- Michael Allen, Reading Religion, the book will provoke and challenge this reviewer's own teaching of Calvin's theology to students and, I suspect, prompt and resource many others to attend more effectively to his sacramental theology., "This study is a refreshing, direct, engaging, and insightful look at one of the most popular theologians in the Reformed tradition. Bierma has likely achieved much in reviving interest in Calvin's octrines of the sacraments and charting a methodological and conceptual way forward." -- Harrison Perkins, Anglican and Episcopal History"This fine study examines John Calvin's doctrine of baptism. It will be welcomed by a wide range of scholars, from those who focus on Calviniana to those who research sacramental theology, ecclesiology, personal piety, Early Modern theology, history, and so forth." -- JON BALSERAK, University of Bristol., The Journal of Religion"the book will provoke and challenge this reviewer's own teaching of Calvin's theology to students and, I suspect, prompt and resource many others to attend more effectively to his sacramental theology." -- Michael Allen, Reading Religion, "This study is a refreshing, direct, engaging, and insightful look at one of the most popular theologians in the Reformed tradition. Bierma has likely achieved much in reviving interest in Calvin's octrines of the sacraments and charting a methodological and conceptual way forward." -- Harrison Perkins, Anglican and Episcopal History"This fine study examines John Calvin's doctrine of baptism. It will be welcomed by a wide range of scholars, from those who focus on Calviniana to those who research sacramental theology, ecclesiology, personal piety, Early Modern theology, history, and so forth." -- JON BALSERAK, University of Bristol., The Journal of Religion"the book will provoke and challenge this reviewer's own teaching of Calvin's theology to students and, I suspect, prompt and resource many others to attend more effectively to his sacramental theology." -- Michael Allen, Reading Religion"The most interesting parts of the book were those that both registered and settled into some of the cracks in Calvin's own theological system." -- Julie Canlis, Scottish Journal of Theology"Bierma's careful and rigorous scholarship has gifted us with a work that will likely outlast many more forthcoming volumes on Calvin." -- J. Brittain Brewer, Theology and History, "This study is a refreshing, direct, engaging, and insightful look at one of the most popular theologians in the Reformed tradition. Bierma has likely achieved much in reviving interest in Calvin's octrines of the sacraments and charting a methodological and conceptual way forward." -- Harrison Perkins, Anglican and Episcopal History "This fine study examines John Calvin's doctrine of baptism. It will be welcomed by a wide range of scholars, from those who focus on Calviniana to those who research sacramental theology, ecclesiology, personal piety, Early Modern theology, history, and so forth." -- JON BALSERAK, University of Bristol., The Journal of Religion "the book will provoke and challenge this reviewer's own teaching of Calvin's theology to students and, I suspect, prompt and resource many others to attend more effectively to his sacramental theology." -- Michael Allen, Reading Religion, "This study is a refreshing, direct, engaging, and insightful look at one of the most popular theologians in the Reformed tradition. Bierma has likely achieved much in reviving interest in Calvin's octrines of the sacraments and charting a methodological and conceptual way forward." -- Harrison Perkins, Anglican and Episcopal History"This fine study examines John Calvin's doctrine of baptism. It will be welcomed by a wide range of scholars, from those who focus on Calviniana to those who research sacramental theology, ecclesiology, personal piety, Early Modern theology, history, and so forth." -- JON BALSERAK, University of Bristol., The Journal of Religion"the book will provoke and challenge this reviewer's own teaching of Calvin's theology to students and, I suspect, prompt and resource many others to attend more effectively to his sacramental theology." -- Michael Allen, Reading Religion"The most interesting parts of the book were those that both registered and settled into some of the cracks in Calvin's own theological system." -- Julie Canlis, Scottish Journal of Theology"Bierma's careful and rigorous scholarship has gifted us with a work that will likely outlast many more forthcoming volumes on Calvin." -- J. Brittain Brewer, Theology and History"A thorough study. With points of departure for further research into the theory of sacraments during the Reformation, also compared to the present-day context." -- P. Veerman, Theologia Reformata
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal234.161
Table Of ContentAbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The 1536 Institutes Chapter 3. Works from Calvin's First Period in Geneva and the Strasbourg Interlude (1536-41) Chapter 4. Works from Calvin's Second Period in Geneva to the Consensus Tigurinus (1541- 48)Chapter 5. The Consensus Tigurinus (1549)Chapter 6. Works from after the Consensus Tigurinus to Calvin's Death (1550-64)Chapter 7. Calvin and the Efficacy of Infant BaptismChapter 8. Baptismal Efficacy in the Reformed Confessions: Calvin's Legacy Chapter 9. ConclusionBibliographyIndex
SynopsisFont of Pardon and New Life is a study of the historical development of John Calvin's doctrine of baptism, both adult (or believer) baptism and infant baptism. In a chronological examination of Calvin's writings -- his Institutes, commentaries on the Bible, catechisms, polemical treatises, and consensus documents -- the book addresses the question of what, in Calvin's view, spiritually takes place in an individual when he or she is baptized, and it analyzes the impact of Calvin's baptismal doctrine on the major Reformed confessions and catechisms of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries., Font of Pardon and New Life is a study of the historical development and impact of John Calvin's doctrine of baptism, both adult (or believer) baptism and infant baptism. Did Calvin intend to teach a kind of baptismal forgiveness and regeneration, that is, did he believe that the external sign of baptism actually conveys the spiritual realities it signifies? If baptism does serve in some way as an instrument of divine grace for Calvin, what then are the roles of the Word, the Holy Spirit, divine election, and individual faith? Are spiritual blessings conferred only in adult (believer) baptism or also in the baptism of infants? Did Calvin's teaching on baptismal efficacy remain constant throughout his lifetime, or did it undergo significant change? What impact did it have on the Reformed confessional tradition that followed him? Lyle D. Bierma approaches these questions by examining Calvin's writings on baptism in their entirety, proceeding chronologically through Calvin's life and writings including his Institutes , commentaries on the Bible, catechisms, polemical treatises, and consensus documents. Bierma concludes that Calvin understood baptism as a means or instrument of both assurance and grace. His view underwent some change and development over the course of his life but not to the extent that some in the past have suggested. The overall trajectory of his baptismal theology was one of increasing clarity and refinement of basic themes already present in incipient form in the Institutes of 1536., Font of Pardon and New Life is a study of the historical development and impact of John Calvin's doctrine of baptism, both adult (or believer) baptism and infant baptism. Did Calvin intend to teach a kind of baptismal forgiveness and regeneration, that is, did he believe that the external sign of baptism actually conveys the spiritual realities it signifies? If baptism does serve in some way as an instrument of divine grace for Calvin, what then are the roles of the Word, the Holy Spirit, divine election, and individual faith? Are spiritual blessings conferred only in adult (believer) baptism or also in the baptism of infants? Did Calvin's teaching on baptismal efficacy remain constant throughout his lifetime, or did it undergo significant change? What impact did it have on the Reformed confessional tradition that followed him?Lyle D. Bierma approaches these questions by examining Calvin's writings on baptism in their entirety, proceeding chronologically through Calvin's life and writings including his Institutes, commentaries on the Bible, catechisms, polemical treatises, and consensus documents. Bierma concludes that Calvin understood baptism as a means or instrument of both assurance and grace. His view underwent some change and development over the course of his life but not to the extent that some in the past have suggested. The overall trajectory of his baptismal theology was one of increasing clarity and refinement of basic themes already present in incipient form in the Institutes of 1536.
LC Classification NumberBX9418.B54 2021
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