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Introduction Introduction
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Huldrych Zwingli Huldrych Zwingli
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Johannes Oecolampadius Johannes Oecolampadius
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Martin Bucer Martin Bucer
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John Calvin John Calvin
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Deification, Justification, and Ascetic Struggle Deification, Justification, and Ascetic Struggle
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Deification and Early Reformed Christology Deification and Early Reformed Christology
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Works Cited Works Cited
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20 John Calvin and Early Reformed Theology
Get accessCarl Mosser, independent scholar, Southern California. Formerly Professor of Christian Theology at Gateway Seminary, Visiting Research Professor and Analytic Theology Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, and Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University
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Published:20 June 2024
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Abstract
Huldrych Zwingli inscribed deification into the very first statements of Reformed theology. It is also attested in the writings of his counterparts in Basel and Strasbourg, Johannes Oecolampadius and Martin Bucer. John Calvin inherited the tradition forged by these first-generation Reformers and deepened it. According to Calvin, the end of the Gospel is “to deify us.” He explained what that means in concert with the Greek patristic tradition. Following precedents established by Irenaeus and Cyril of Alexandria, Calvin usually taught deification without recourse to technical vocabulary. In his view, union with God requires the imputation of Christ’s righteousness. While justification is a forensic act, it is inseparable from the transforming work of the Spirit. A few scholars contend Calvin could not have affirmed a soteriology of deification because early Reformed Christology rejects patristic teaching about the divinization of Christ’s humanity. That supposition is disproved.
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