What Pure Eyes Could See: Calvin's Doctrine of Faith in Its Exegetical Context

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ISBN: 9780195128284

By: Barbara Pitkin

Oxford University Press / 1999 / Hardcover

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The doctrine of justification by faith is the defining characteristic of the reforming theology of John Calvin. In this book, Barbara Pitkin examines Calvin's exegetical labors and their contribution to his understanding of faith. Through detailed analysis of Calvin's interpretation of selected biblical passages, this study traces the evolution of Calvin's thought in the various Latin editions of the Institutes and establishes the exegetical underpinnings of his view of faith.

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Title: What Pure Eyes Could See: Calvin's Doctrine of Faith in Its Exegetical Context
By: Barbara Pitkin
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 288
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1999

Dimensions: 9.25 X 6.12 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 4 ounces
ISBN: 0195128281
ISBN-13: 9780195128284
Stock No: WW28281

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Barbara Pitkin traces the way in which Calvin's exegetical labors contributed to his understanding of faith. Through detailed analysis of Calvin's interpretation of selected biblical passages, this study shows how his views evolved. Pitkin describes the gradual development of the mature Calvin's view that faith exhibits a twofold character--saving faith and providential faith--that corresponds to the twofold aspect of its object--Christ as both the incarnate and eternal Son of God.

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"It does not make light reading, for its scholarship is wide-ranging, painstaking and detailed, but the journey is rewarding. It shows us things from the whole of the Calvin corpus which most of us are likely never to have the opportunity to explore in such detail for ourselves."--Bulletin of the Institute for Reformed Theology

"[Pitkin's] study is not only a study of historical theology but also contributes to the history of biblical exegesis."--Theology Digest

"Barbara Pitkin has written a very important work, in which there are numerous insights founded upon consideration of primary sources, analysed within the developing structure of Calvin's Institutes over subsequent editions, and within his continuous output of biblical commentaries."--Theology