Schleiermacher as a Calvinist, A Comparison of Calvin and Schleiermacher on Providence and Predestination

Walter L. Moore

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Schleiermacher as a Calvinist, A Comparison of Calvin and Schleiermacher on Providence and Predestination

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Walter L. Moore

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Friedrich Schleiermacher stood consciously in the tradition of John Calvin, both institutionally and theologically. He preached as a Reformed minister, and he did his theology with the intention of describing the religious consciousness of a branch of the Reformed Church. His conscious relationship to Calvin is especially evident throughout the essay ‘Concerning the Doctrine of Election’, and is explicit in The Christian Faith as well.

Type: Research Article
Information: Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , May 1971 , pp. 167 - 183

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S003693060001276X [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1971

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^{page 167 note 1} Schleiermacher, Friedrich, ‘Über die Lehre von der Erwählung’, in Sämmtliche Werke (Berlin, 1836), I/2, p. 48.Google Scholar

^{page 167 note 2} For the Latin text I am using the Corpus Reformatorum, vol. XXX, Calvini Opera, vol. II (Brunswick, 1864)Google Scholar, abbreviated hereafter CR XXX. I shall also refer to the standard English translation by Ford Lewis Battles in the Library of Christian Classics, McNeill, John T., editor, vols. XX and XXI (Philadelphia, 1960), abbreviated hereafter LCC XX and XXI. Unless otherwise indicated, direct quotations in English will be from this translation.Google Scholar

^{page 167 note 3} German text: Der Christliche Glaube, Redeker, Martin, editor (Berlin, 1960)Google Scholar. The standard English translation, which I shall also cite, is still that edited by Mackintosh, H. R. and Stewart, J. S., The Christian Faith (Edinburgh, 1956, first published in 1928).Google Scholar

^{page 167 note 4} Latin text: Corpus Reformatorum, vol. XXXVI, Calvini Opera, vol. VIII (Brunswick, 1870), cols. 249–366Google Scholar, hereafter CR XXXVI. The English translation cited is by Reid, J. K. S., Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God (London, 1961), hereafter abbreviated Reid.Google Scholar

^{page 168 note 1} Latin text: Corpus Reformatorum, vol. XXXVII, Calvini Opera, vol. IX (Brunswick, 1870), hereafter CR XXXVII.Google Scholar There is an English translation by Cole, Henry in Calvin's Calvinism (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1956), hereafter abbreviated as Cole.Google Scholar

^{page 168 note 2} See note above. There is no English translation.

^{page 168 note 3} Institutes, I.xvi.1 (CR XXX. 144; LCC XX, p. 197). Battles entitles this section ‘Creation and providence inseparably joined’.

^{page 168 note 4} The Christian Faith, sections 46–49 (Redeker, I, pp. 224–54; Mackintosh, pp. 170–93.).

^{page 168 note 5} ibid., section 36 (Redeker I, p. 185; Mackintosh, p. 142).

^{page 169 note 1} ibid., section 36.1 (Redeker I, p. 186; Mackintosh, pp. 142f).

^{page 169 note 2} ibid., section 36.2 (Redeker I, p. 187; Mackintosh, p. 143).

^{page 169 note 3} Institutes, I.xvi.1 (CR XXX, 144; LCC XX, p. 197).

^{page 169 note 4} Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God (CR XXXVI, 347; Reid, p. 162).

^{page 169 note 5} I.xvi.1 (CR XXX, 144; LCC XX, p. 197f).

^{page 169 note 6} The Christian Faith, section 8.2 (Redeker I, p. 53; Mackintosh, p. 35).

^{page 170 note 1} Institutes, I.xvii.4 (CR XXX, 157; LCC XX, p. 215f).

^{page 170 note 2} ibid.

^{page 170 note 3} ibid., I.xvii.5 (CR XXX, 158; LCC XX, p. 216f).

^{page 170 note 4} The Christian Faith, section 49.1 (Redeker I, p. 250f; Mackintosh, pp. 189–92).

^{page 170 note 5} Institutes, I.xvii.1 (CR XXX, 153; LCC XX, p. 210).

^{page 170 note 6} Institutes, I.xvi.2 (CR XXX, 145f; LCC XX, p. 199).

^{page 170 note 7} The Christian Faith, proposition 46 (Redeker I, p. 224; Mackintosh, p. 170).

^{page 171 note 1} ibid., section 46.2 (Redeker I, p. 228; Mackintosh, p. 173).

^{page 171 note 2} ibid., section 47.2 (Redeker I, p. 238f; Mackintosh, p. 181). (My translation.)

^{page 171 note 3} ibid. (Redeker I, p. 239; Mackintosh, p. 182).

^{page 172 note 1} ibid., section 47.1 (Redeker I, p. 236; Mackintosh, p. 179).

^{page 172 note 2} Institutes, I.xvi.4 (CR XXX, 147f LCC XX, p. 203).

^{page 172 note 3} Battles' heading, Institutes, I.xvii (CR XXX, 153; LCC XX, p. 210).

^{page 172 note 4} ibid., I.xvi.3 (CR XXX 146f; LCC XX, p. 201).

^{page 173 note 1} The Christian Faith, section 49, Zusatz (Redeker I, p. 253; Mackintosh, p. 193).

^{page 173 note 2} ibid., section 49.1 (Redeker I, p. 250; Mackintosh, p. 190).

^{page 173 note 3} Institutes, III.xxi (CR XXX, 678f; LCC XXI, p. 921).

^{page 173 note 4} The Christian Faith, proposition 117 (Redeker II, p. 220; Mackintosh, p. 536.

^{page 174 note 1} ibid., section 117.1, 2, 3 (Redeker II, pp. 220–2; Mackintosh, pp. 536–8).

^{page 174 note 2} Institutes, III.xxi.1 (CR XXX, 678f; LCC XXI, p. 921).

^{page 174 note 3} The Christian Faith, section 117–4 (Redeker II, p. 222; Mackintosh, p. 538).

^{page 174 note 4} See especially III.xxii (CR XXX, 687–98; LCC XXI, pp. 932–47).

^{page 174 note 5} See especially CR XXXVI, 298ff; Reid, pp. 102ff.

^{page 175 note 1} See especially pp. 403ff.

^{page 175 note 2} See especially section 120.2, 3 (Redeker II, pp. 240–5; Mackintosh, pp. 553–7).

^{page 175 note 3} Institutes, III.xxi.7 (CRXXX, 686; LCC XXI, p. 931).

^{page 175 note 4} ibid., III.xxv.12 (CR XXX, 744; LCC XXI, p. 1008).

^{page 175 note 5} The Christian Faith, section 119.2, 3 (Redeker II, pp. 233–8; Mackintosh, PP. 547–51).

^{page 175 note 6} ‘Über die Lehre von der Erwählung’, in Sämmtliche Werke, I/2, p. 474.Google Scholar

^{page 176 note 1} Institutes, III.xxiv.6 (CR XXX, 716f; LCC XXI, p. 971).

^{page 176 note 2} The Christian Faith, proposition 119 (Redeker II, p. 231; Mackintosh, p. 546).

^{page 176 note 3} ibid., section 117.4 (Redeker II, p. 222; Mackintosh, p. 546).

^{page 176 note 4} ibid., section 119.1 (Redeker II, p. 232f; Mackintosh, p. 546).

^{page 177 note 1} ibid., section 47.1 (Redeker I, p. 236; Mackintosh, p. 179).

^{page 177 note 2} Institutes, I.xvi.4 (CR XXX, 148; LCC XX, p. 203). The term ‘supernatural’ may be anachronistic vis-à-vis Calvin.

^{page 178 note 1} The Christian Faith, section 47.3 (Redeker I, p. 242; Mackintosh, p. 183f.

^{page 178 note 2} Institutes, I.vi-vii (CR XXX, 53–69; LCC XX, pp. 69–92), et passim.

^{page 179 note 1} ibid., III.xxi.2 (CR XXX, 680; LCC XXI, p. 923).

^{page 179 note 2} ‘Concerning the Secret Providence of God’ (CR XXXVII, p. 299). Translated by Cole, Henry in Calvin's Calvinism (Grand Rapids, Michigan, Eerdman's Publishing Company, 1956, p. 295f).Google Scholar

^{page 179 note 3} ‘Über die Lehre von der Erwählung’, op. cit., p. 476.

^{page 179 note 4} ‘Decretum quidem horribile, fateor…’, Institutes, III.xxii.7 (CR XXX, 704; LCC XXI, p. 955).

^{page 179 note 5} The Christian Faith, section 118.1 (Redeker II, p. 224; Mackintosh, p. 540).

^{page 180 note 1} ‘Über die Lehre von der Erwählung’, op. cit., p. 480 (my translation).

^{page 180 note 2} ‘Concerning the Secret Providence of God’, (CR XXXVII, p. 288; Cole, p. 266).

^{page 180 note 3} Institutes, III.xxiii.4 (CR XXX, 701; LCC XXI, p. 950) et passim.

^{page 181 note 1} ibid., I.xvi.4 (CR XXX, 147; LCC XX, p. 2O1f).

^{page 181 note 2} ibid., I.xvi.2 (CR XXX, p. 145; LCC XX, p. 199).

^{page 181 note 3} ibid., I.xvi.7 (CR XXX, 150; LCC XX, p. 2O5f).

^{page 182 note 1} ‘Über die Lehre von der Erwählung’, op. cit., p. 472 (my translation).

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