THE REFORMED PASTOR AS

THEOLOGIANEXPLORING CALVIN’S LEGACY FOR TODAY

• WORD AND SPIRIT

CALVIN’S LEGACYRETRIEVING REFORMED TRADITION

• WORD AND SACRAMENT

CALVIN AND BARTH: “THE HOLY BANQUET”EUCHARIST, FORMATION AND MISSION

• WORD AND IMAGE

BARTH AND BALTHASAR: THE BEAUTY OF GODART AND CREATIVITY IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH

AS PRAYER

AS SCIENCE

AS CRITICAL REFLECTION

AS ENGAGEMENT

UNDERSTANDING THEOLOGY

PRIORITY OF THE WORD

FAITH COMES BY HEARING

SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION

CONFESSIONS AND INTERPRETATION

WORD AND SPIRIT

A FEAR OF TRADITION

TRADITION AS TRANSMISSION OF GOSPEL

THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION

TRADITION AND IDENTITY

TRADITION AND TRANSFORMATION

TRADITION AND GOSPEL

WHAT DOES HIS LEGACY/WORDS/ACTIONS MEAN TODAY?

WHAT DID CALVIN ACTUALLY SAY AND DO?

CRITICAL DIALOGUE WITH CALVIN

READING CALVIN WITH FRESH EYES

INTERPRETING CALVIN

•CALVIN, CALVINISTS & PURITANS•TYRANT OF GENEVA•NARROW-MINDED BIGOT•ORIGINATOR OF PREDESTINATION•EXECUTIONER OF SERVETUS•PURITAN WITCHHUNTS•CALVINISM & APARTHEID

CALVIN’S LEGACY?

A REMARKABLE LEGACY

SOCIAL & POLITICALKorea French Huguenots Scotland & England Holland New England

THEOLOGICAL & ECCLESIASTICAL Reformed theology Reformed, Presbyerian, Congregational, Church of England, Baptists

ROMAN CATHOLIC HISTORICAL

LITERARY

THEOLOGICAL

REASSESSING CALVIN AND HIS LEGACY

EXPANSION

NATION STATES

PEASANT REVOLTS

RELIGIOUS FERMENT

THE RENAISSANCE

 

A EUROPE IN TRANSITION

REFORM OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY RETURN TO THE SOURCES

◦ LANGUAGES◦ CLASSICAL TEXTS◦ BIBLICAL TEXTS

RHETORIC THE HUMANITIES

CHRISTIAN HUMANISM

BORN IN NOYON, FRANCE, JULY 1509 A DEVOUT ROMAN CATHOLIC STUDENT IN HUMANITIES AT UNIVERSITY OF

PARIS UNIVERSITY OF ORLEANS TO STUDY LAW COMMENTARY ON SENECA’S De Clementia

(1532) LUTHER’S EVANGELICAL TEACHING THE FRENCH COURT AND ARISTOCRACY EVANGELICAL CONVERSION (c. 1533)

WHO WAS CALVIN?

THE SWISS REFORMATION

CALVIN’S FIRST STAY IN GENEVA (1537-8)◦ A REFORMING CITY◦ FAREL◦ CITY OF REFUGEES

STRASBOURG◦ INFLUENCE OF MARTIN BUCER

Liturgy Pastoral care Ecumenical

◦ INFLUENCE OF ST. AUGUSTINE Election/Predestination

 THE EVANGELICAL REFORMER

SOCIAL REFORMS◦ REFUGEES◦ THE POOR◦ EDUCATION

CHURCH ORDINANCES◦ PASTORS, ELDERS, DEACONS ◦ WORD & SACRAMENTS◦ DISCIPLINE

DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH◦ CATECHISM◦ THE PREACHER ◦ BIBLE COMMENTARIES ◦ THE INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

THE GENEVAN REFORMER

BOOK I: KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OURSELVES

BOOK II: CHRIST THE MEDIATOR

BOOK III: COME, HOLY SPIRIT

BOOK IV: THE CHURCH IS OUR MOTHER

THE INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION