2009/04/01 by James Brashler · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Reformation and Early Modern Christianity #Religious Education and Schools #Historical Legal Studies and Society #Erasmus+ #Hermeneutics #Humanism #Philosophy #Debt #Theology #Epistemology #Literature #History #Art history #Art #The Renaissance #Economics
paper · doi:10.1177/002096430906300205
openalex publication_date 2009/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Calvin's debt to the church reformers who preceded him both inside and outside the reform movements of the sixteenth century has not been sufficiently understood or appreciated. The humanistic methods of interpreting and teaching classical texts—including Scripture—as developed by Erasmus of Rotterdam decisively shaped Calvin's biblical hermeneutic.