This is a major study of the theological thought of John Calvin, which examines his central theological ideas through a philosophical lens, looking at issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Ethics. The study, the first of its kind, is concerned with how Calvin actually uses philosophical ideas in his work as a theologian and biblical commentator. The book also includes a careful examination of those ideas of Calvin to which the Reformed Epistemologists appeal, to find grounds and precedent for their development of `Reformed Epistemology', notably the sensus divinitatis and the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit.
Introduction ; 1. God 'in Se' and 'quoad nos' ; 2. The Trinity ; 3. The Extra ; 4. Providence and Evil ; 5. The Soul ; 6. Free Will ; 7. Divine Accommodation ; 8. Natural Theology and the Sensus Divinitatis ; 9. Revelation ; 10. The Angels ; 11. The Power Dialectic ; 12. Equity, Natural Law, and Common Grace ; 13. Faith, Atonement, and Time