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Breno Macedo, Covenant Theology in the Thought of John Calvin promise. 67 The administration of the sign of the covenant in babies does not guarantee their salvation. Calvin makes a strong case against the false belief that those infants who die before the opportunity of being baptized are doomed to perdition. The sign, according to Calvin, shall not overpower the promise of God. 68 However, the reformer raises a strong case against those who willingly hinder their children from receiving the sign of the sacrament. Calvin affirms it to be a demonstration of ingratitude and contempt for the grace of God. The willful rejection of the sign God himself established as part of his covenant must be avoided at all costs on the threat of one’s suffering God’s divine punishment. 69 In the Institutes, Calvin emphasizes five different practical aspects of the Abrahamic covenant regarding membership in it and the spiritual profit of its members from it. They are, according to Peter Lillback: (1) this covenant is the means by which God separates believers and non-believers in the world; (2) it is where Israel, the natural descendants of Abraham, finds salvation; (3) this covenant continues to be valid until today; (4) Christ is center of this dispensation; (5) justification and sanctification are its two great benefits. 70 conclusion Although Calvin was not concerned to leave behind him a systematic approach to the doctrine of the divine covenants, it is clear that not only was his mind immersed in this precious doctrine but that a careful, logical, and systematical approach to his writings enables one to extract and organize, in systematic form, his thoughts. Calvin was not too far from the other scholars after him who developed dogmatics having the covenant as their central structural principle. Such a harmony between Calvin and later theologians demonstrates what takes place when the Sola Scriptura is taken seriously: harmony in the midst of diversity. In spite of diverging in non-essentials like specific terminology, the theologians of the reformation and post-reformation periods believed in general in the same dogmas. The Church does well in keeping and studying their teachings. 67 “For the covenant of God was graven on the bodies of the males, with this condition annexed, that the females also should as their associates be partakers of the same sign” Calvin, Commentaries on Genesis, 1:453. 68 “To consign to destruction those infants whom a sudden death has not allowed to be presented for baptism, before any neglect of parents could intervene, is a cruelty originating in superstition. But that the promise belongs to such children, is nothing the least doubtful. For what can be more absurd than that the symbol, which is added for the sake of confirming the promise, should really enervate its force?” Calvin, Commentaries on Genesis, 1:458. 69 “But because it is not in the power of man to sever what God has joined together; no one could despise or neglect the sign, without both rejecting the word itself, and depriving himself of the benefit therein offered. And therefore the Lord punished bare neglect with such severity.” Calvin, Commentaries on Genesis, 1:457-458. 70 Lillback, The Binding of God, 145-146. 104
FIDES REFORMATA XX, Nº 1 (2015): 89-105 resumo A teologia do pacto sempre teve um lugar de destaque no ramo reformado. Ela serve de base para várias outras doutrinas e também se constitui em uma chave hermenêutica para ler e compreender as Escrituras. Apesar de as grandes sistematizações dessa doutrina terem aparecido somente a partir do século 17, é possível encontrá-la presente no pensamento dos primeiros reformadores. Este artigo visa investigar algumas das principais obras de João Calvino na tentativa de organizar o seu pensamento no que diz respeito a essa doutrina e de construir o que seria a visão do reformador de Genebra sobre cada uma das dispensações do pacto divino com o homem. Neste primeiro artigo são analisados os seguintes pactos: das obras, noaico e abraâmico. Vários artigos já foram publicados analisando o pensamento pactual de Calvino como um todo, em termos do pacto da graça de maneira geral. Entretanto, não foi encontrada nenhuma contribuição acadêmica que investigasse cada pacto sucessivamente no pensamento de Calvino. palavras-chave João Calvino; Teologia; Pacto; Obras; Noaico; Abraâmico. 105
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