This is part two of my posts from the Wylie study.
Here are two summary chapters that Wylie writes on the Institutes.
History-Protestantism-Vol2 – Calvin’s Institutes
These are:
CHAPTER 23.
THE “INSTITUTES.”
Calvin Discards the Aristotelian Method — How a True Science of Astronomy is Formed — Calvin Proceeds in the same way in Constructing his Theology — Induction — Christ Himself sets the Example of the Inductive Method — Calvin goes to the Field of Scripture — His Pioneers — The Schoolmen — Melanchthon — Zwingli — The Augsburg Confession — Calvin’s System more Complete — Two Tremendous Facts — First Edition of the Institutes — Successive Editions — The Creed its Model — Enumeration of its Principal Themes-God the Sole Fountain of all things — Christ the One Source of Redemption and Salvation — The Spirit the One Agent in the Application of Redemption — The Church — Her Worship and Government.
CHAPTER 24.
CALVIN ON PREDESTINATION AND ELECTION.
Calvin’s Views on the Affirmative Side — God as the Author of all things Ordains all that is to come to pass — The Means equally with the End comprehended in the Decree — As Sovereign, God Executes all that comes to pass — Calvin’s Views on the Negative Side — Man a Free Agent — Man an Accountable Being — Calvin maintained side by side God’s Eternal Ordination and Man’s Freedom of Action — Cannot Reconcile the Two — Liberty and Necessity — Tremendous Difficulties confessed to Attach to Both Theories — Explanations — Locke and Sir William Hamilton — Growth of the Institutes.
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