Overview
In this fresh and original monograph on the ecclesiology of John Calvin, Tadataka Maruyama sifts exhaustively through the corpus of Calvinās writingsāin both Latin and Frenchāto crystalize the French reformerās conception of the Christian church. After elucidating Calvinās influence from other reformers such as JacquesĀ LefĆØvre, Guillaume Farel, and Martin Bucer, Maruyama shows how Calvinās ecclesiology evolved throughout his life while remaining firmly rooted in key principles and interests.Ā
Maruyama discerns three phases in Calvinās ecclesiology:
- Catholic ecclesiologyāin which Calvin saw the church as a unified and ideal institution situated both above and within history
- Reformed ecclesiologyāin which Calvin described the concrete, historical form of the Christian church over against the Catholic Church
- Reformation ecclesiologyāin which Calvin came to understand the Christian church as an eschatological reality situated in a broader European context, which Calvin portrayed as the ātheater of Godās providenceā
This trajectory mirrors the way the Protestant Reformation was focused on reforming particular churches while also reimagining the Christian world as a whole. Indeed, as Maruyama thoroughly illustrates, Calvin never lost sight of his original vision of reforming the church of his French homeland even as his work grew into a much larger movement.
This book title, Calvin's Ecclesiology (A Study in the History of Doctrine), ISBN: 9780802881854, by Tadataka Maruyama, Richard A. Muller, published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (May 31, 2022) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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