Ex-Voto Publishing
In the excerpt below from Leviathan, the English political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) takes up the problem of evil, focusing his attention on the case of Job. Hobbes asserts that, in the Book of Job, the justification for Job’s affliction centers on God’s power. Hobbes uses this interpretation of Job to further his political philosophy […]
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan Read More »
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,
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion Read More »
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
Martin Luther, Preface to the Book of Job Read More »