I. What Distinguished Calvinism?
A. Calvin's View of Himself
B. Guiding Principles: The Majesty of God and Liturgical
Purism
C. Calvin's Path to Geneva
Image: Jean Calvin (1509-1564), Museum Catharijnenconvent
II. Calvin's Ecclesiology
Chart:
The Genevan Model of Church Governance (1541)
Chart: The Saxon Model of Church Governance (1580)
III. Discussion: Calvin on Predestination
Text: A Summary of Double
Predestination
Chart: Theodore Beza's Predestination Flowchart
Comparative
Overview of Reformation Theologies
Image: Luther, De servo arbitrio (1525)
IV. Liturgical Implications
A. Sacred Spaces: New Arrangements, New Concepts of Sacrality
B. The Dangers of Ritual Contamination
Image: Dirk van Delen, Beeldenstorm in een kerk (1630)
Image: The 'Paradis' Church
in Lyon, ca. 1564
Image: Pieter Saenredam
(1597-1665), Interior of the Church of St. Odulphus, Assendelft
(1649)
Image: Pieter Saenredam (1597-1665),
Interior of the Church of St. Bavo, Haarlem (1660)
Image: A 'Text Altar' in
the Church of St. Ludger, Norden
Image: A 'Text Altar' in the Church of St. Fabian, Ringstedt
Image right: Emanuel de Witte (1617-1692), Interior of the Oude Kerk at Delft during a Sermon (1651). Oil on wood, 61 x 44 cm. Wallace Collection, London. Image source: Web Gallery of Art.
