This is what John Calvin has said about what knowledge is. I call that knowledge, not what is innate in man, nor what is by diligence acquired, but that which is delivered to us by the Law and the Prophets. Commentary on Jeremiah 44:1. Geneva edition, 1576, 326
← Chapter 1: The Knowledge of God and Of Ourselves Mutually Connected —Nature of the Connection Table of Contents Chapter 3 – The Knowledge of God Naturally Implanted in the Human Mind → ← Chapter 1: The Knowledge of God and Of Ourselves Mutually Connected —Nature of the Connection Table of Contents Chapter 3 – […]
← Argument Table of Contents Chapter 2 – What It Is to Know God—Tendency of This Knowledge → The sum of true wisdom—viz. the knowledge of God and of ourselves. Effects of the latter. Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the […]
Table of Contents Chapter 1: The Knowledge of God and Of Ourselves Mutually Connected —Nature of the Connection → The First Book treats of the knowledge of God the Creator. But as it is in the creation of man that the divine perfections are best displayed, so man also is made the subject of discourse. Thus […]
Read John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion online. Navigate between sections and chapters easily with the table of contents. You can also buy the Institutes from Christianbook here. Table of Contents – Institutes of the Christian Religion Book 1: Of the Knowledge of God the Creator Argument Book 2: Of the Knowledge of God […]
