Blessed is the man who…. by Girolamo Zanchi From Blessed Is the Man: Orations on Theological Education The “Partial Explanation of Psalm One” is the shortest of Zanchi's orations and the broadest one thematically. Dated June 21, 1568, it was published originally in the Two Books of Letters (Hanover, 1609) following a brief oration in which Zanchi formally requested that the...
Protestantism like Geneva became launching pads from which the gospel, recovered during the Reformation, went forth to Europe and beyond. In large part, they did so by ministering to exiles and refugees, especially by training them for gospel ministry.
Calvin had a vast knowledge of Scripture. Not only was Scripture the most important source in the Institutes, cited far more frequently than any other, but the range of his citations was astonishing.
How we understand the church’s missionary past has everything to do with how we will proclaim Christ to the nations right now.
Where do we begin in our theology? The answer may seem obvious: We begin with God. Theology, after all, is talking about God; that’s literally what the word means. But things get a little more complicated when we get around to developing a formal theological system.
