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The Reformation II

Undeceptions with John Dickson

CHAPTER

Calvin's Theology and Pastoral Care

Calvin's emphasis on the Holy Spirit and sanctification would be one of his major contributions. He is pushing back along with the Protestant Reformation against theocracy, so against the church overseeing all of life. The late famed atheist, Christopher Hidgion, called Calvin's Geneva a prototypical totalitarian state. If you read some writers, Geneva represented the ultimate in repression.

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