Theodicy Soteriology, Hermeneutics

SOTERIOLOGY : M. M. NINAN
authority and power he provided refuge for reformers fleeing from other states. At the same
time he tacitly unleashed a system of inquisition against those who opposed him. The trial
and execution of Geneva became the standard even for Roman Inquisition. (see His Ashes
Cry Out Against John Calvin - by Dan Corner) With severe asthma, he died on May 27, 1564,
and was buried in an unmarked grave in Geneva
His system of theology came to be known as Calvinism and has been accepted by many
Reformers. It has been the main teaching of the Reformed Churches of West. Eastern
Churches however mostly remained unaffected by his theology.
The Swiss city of Geneva, under Calvin's influence as pastor and reformer, became a refuge
to which fugitives might flee from persecution, and a training-school in which missionaries
and reformers might be equipped and sent forth for heroic service. It was truly the nervecenter
of the Reformation. The threat of Geneva was so great that Emperor Philip II, son of
Charles V, wrote the following offer to the King of France:
"This city is the source of all mischief for France and the most formidable enemy of Rome. At
any time I am ready to assist, with all the power of my realm, to overthrow it."
The French government threatened to destroy the city if it did not stop sending evangelist into
France. But the flow remained uninterrupted.
Geneva was the capital of the Reform Movement. The Reformed churches of Switzerland
founded by Zwingli, Hesse, Bremen, and the Palatinate joined with the Calvinistic group to
produce a formidable force in Europe. From there it spread into France to produce the
Huguenots and to England to produce the great Puritan Movement and to Scotland as the
Kirk of Scotland. Church of England was also predominantly Calvinistic until Charles II.
Church of England were predominantly Calvinistic also, until the reign of King Charles II.
The Five Points of Calvinism by R.L. Dabney
The Sovereignty of God by Prof. John Murray
A Defense of Calvinism by C.H. Spurgeon
Attractively Formatted Version
Arminian Errors by Rev. William MacLean, M.A.
Are There Two Wills in God? Divine Election and God's Desire for All to be Saved by John
Piper
For Whom Did Christ Die? by John Owen
A Brief and Untechnical Statement of the Reformed Faith by B. B. Warfield
The Stone Lectures on Calvinism(Offsite)by: Dr Abraham Kuyper
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