John Calvin-Life,Legacy and Theology

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JOHN CALVIN : LIFE, LEGACY AND THEOLOGY - PROF. M. M. NINAN At the Augsburg Diet he heard the Reformers speak and in 1530 he approached them in Basel and Strassburg urging them to consider numerous problems with the current doctrine of the trinity. He was not well received. Compelled to be heard by a wider audience he published a treatise, “Errors of the Trinity” with the intent to “set forth a truer statement of it, more consistent with Scripture, more acceptable to reason, and more helpful to piety.” He applied his training at law school with a precise writing style using many references, cross-references, quoting and alluding to at least 52 books of the Bible, six of the Apocrypha, and nearly 40 Church Fathers. Evidently this is difficult concept - Three separate persons to be One God. "Although Christ is an elohim, yet he is one with the Father. Thus, no plurality is shown as they suppose, for he is an elohim, a kind of deity being shared by him with the Father." He interpreted the proper meaning of Hebrew and Greek words as a biblical literalist, following lexical, grammatical, and contextual methodologies. He insisted that “Scripture clearly interprets itself if you rightly compare one passage with another.” p. 13. Christ is a true Son of God by nature; others are sons only by adoption. He is Son, and God is Father, in a higher sense than that used of men. p. 16. God shares his full deity with Christ. p. 17. Scripture plainly shows God and Christ as distinct beings Harvard Theological Studies XVI The Two Treatises of Servetus On The Trinity in Seven Books You can read this at http://www.teleiosministries.com/pdfs/Doctrines_of_Men/errors_trinity_servetus.pdf 66
JOHN CALVIN : LIFE, LEGACY AND THEOLOGY - PROF. M. M. NINAN "There are not three Gods all independent and self existing. The three co-operate with one mind and purpose so that in the truest sense of the word, they are one. Instead of being independent, they are wholly dependent on each other or interdependent. There are three separate and distinct persons that are called God in scripture. The trinity is one God, but three persons." https://ministrymaker.com/trinity-one-god-three-persons/ Likewise, the Holy Spirit is not a separate being, for that would result in a plurality of Gods. He noted the fact that the Bible frequently speaks of the Father and Son, but often fails to mention the Spirit. Servetus found that Scripture did not prove the unity of three persons, but rather harmony of mind and will between the Father and Son. The Bible he found had not one word about a Trinity, nor about essence, substance, or hypostases. These terms he saw were imported from Greek philosophy. This is how we understand the concept of Trinity. Melancthon and Oecolampadius both admitted that Servetus had made some good points. Erasmus had even removed the main proof-text, 1John 5:7, from his Textus Recepticus. Luther left the philosophical terms out of his catechisms. 67
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