"God Calls us to his Service" : The Relation between God and his Audience in Calvin's Sermons on Acts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moehn, W. H. Th. (Wilhelmus Hendricus Theodorus)

Series:

Travaux d'humanisme et Renaissance

Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages).

Edition:

monographic.

Place of Publication:

Genève : Librairie Droz.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Between 1549 and 1551 Calvin delivered his sermons on Acts 1-7. The 44 surviving sermons have been published in the series Supplementa Calviniana. A part of the lectio continua on Acts is analysed in this study ; an attempt is made to provide an answer to the question how Calvin applied the text of his sermon to the daily world of his audience. This research rectifies our view of Calvin as a rigid and dogmatic theologian. The sermons bear witness of his pastoral care for a congregation which is continuously threatened by persecution because of its faith. Calvin did not just address his congregation regarding the relation to God ; he also comprehensively discussed the various social relations in which they participated. He did not avoid subjects such as politics, social compassion, labour and so forth. Through the themes of hearing, application, examination and recruitment, Calvin's homiletic view of the audience is observed. In the evaluation in the final chapter, the sermons are placed within the context of sixteenth-century preaching.

De 1549 à 1551, Jean Calvin prêchait le dimanche à partir des Actes des apôtres : c'est une part importante de ces sermons qu'étudie de manière détaillée W. Moehn. Plutôt qu'un dogmaticien rigoriste, c'est un orateur attentif à son auditoire qui se dégage et dont les préoccupations pastorales intègrent autant le cadre social - politique, travail, interdépendance - que les particularités confessionnelles de ses ouailles.

ISBN:

9782600004831

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