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Protestant Reformation

John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion

Protestant Reformation, Renaissance Era Writers, Responses to the Problem of Evil & the Problem of Pain

John Calvin (1509–1564) was a French theologian, ecclesiastical statesman, and leading figure of the Protestant Reformation. His Institutes of the Christian Religion is a manual of Calvinist Protestantism, a movement which has had a major impact on the formation of the modern Western world. The excerpts below address several issues related to the problem of evil, […]

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Martin Luther, Preface to the Book of Job

Protestant Reformation, Renaissance Era Writers, Responses to the Problem of Evil & the Problem of Pain

Martin Luther (1483–1546), the great intellectual leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, viewed human existence as a spiritual battlefield, with each person’s eternal fate hanging in the balance. To properly equip individuals for the spiritual trials they will face, Luther believed that everyone has both a right and a need to direct access to

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