Giobbe a Ginevra. I sermoni di Calvino sul libro di Giobbe.
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Keywords
- The new studies have more and more appreciated the Calvinâ€
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- s preaching
- looking not only at its rhetorical form
- but also at its theological content.
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- when we read Calvinâ€
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- s preaching we have to point out the situation he was living through. From this point of view the Book of Job Calvin preached from 1554 until 1555 is really a perfect pattern. Even though Servetoâ€
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- s trial is ended
- the situation is very tense in Geneva: the Conservative Party rules and Berna is impending. The reformed plan is on the verge of failure. How is all this possible? Where is the Lord? The Bible says that Satana puts the just to the test
- but Calvin is obliged to admit that
- however Job is right
- he is wrong in front of God.
- Calvin preaches about Job
- but he is preaching about himself: in 1554 he is Job
