칼뱅의 통전적 신학방법론, Via Media (Calvin's Theological Method, Via Media)

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Both theologians and historians have tried to understand Calvin’s theology from the standpoint of one central idea. Many ideas—predestination, the glory of God, the sovereignty of God, eschatology, the divinity of Jesus Christ—have been presented as the core of Calvin’s theology, but these have not been successful. Some scholars find that Calvin’s theology has no central teaching or basic doctrine from which everything else could be derived. It would be better to say that Calvin’s theology is not a closed system elaborated around a central idea, but a balanced formulation based on many ideas. Calvin was fond of tracing a middle way between two extremes.
Ford Lewis Battles suggests that Calvin’s Institutes can be summed up in terms of its “antithetical structure.” Calvin steered “a via media between the Scylla of aberrant Romanism and the Charybdis of the radical tendencies of his time, whatever name he might give to them.” The single principle of Calvin was that every fundamental notion of his thought is defined in a field of tension—a true middle between false extremes. Calvin’s theological position steered between “defect” and “excess.” Calvin urged moderation or a middle way as the chief virtue of believers. In this way, Calvin attacked the Romish ecclesia deformata on the one hand and the separatism of the Anabaptists, an ecclesia perfecta on the other. Calvin rejected both the Anabaptist view of Christian separation from the state and the Roman claim of hierarchical authority over it. Calvin’s intention was to hold a via media between the Roman Catholics and the Anabaptists. In this paper, I explored a via media as Calvin’ theological method shown in his teachings of the Word, sacraments, and the state.

영어초록

Both theologians and historians have tried to understand Calvin’s theology from the standpoint of one central idea. Many ideas—predestination, the glory of God, the sovereignty of God, eschatology, the divinity of Jesus Christ—have been presented as the core of Calvin’s theology, but these have not been successful. Some scholars find that Calvin’s theology has no central teaching or basic doctrine from which everything else could be derived. It would be better to say that Calvin’s theology is not a closed system elaborated around a central idea, but a balanced formulation based on many ideas. Calvin was fond of tracing a middle way between two extremes.
Ford Lewis Battles suggests that Calvin’s Institutes can be summed up in terms of its “antithetical structure.” Calvin steered “a via media between the Scylla of aberrant Romanism and the Charybdis of the radical tendencies of his time, whatever name he might give to them.” The single principle of Calvin was that every fundamental notion of his thought is defined in a field of tension—a true middle between false extremes. Calvin’s theological position steered between “defect” and “excess.” Calvin urged moderation or a middle way as the chief virtue of believers. In this way, Calvin attacked the Romish ecclesia deformata on the one hand and the separatism of the Anabaptists, an ecclesia perfecta on the other. Calvin rejected both the Anabaptist view of Christian separation from the state and the Roman claim of hierarchical authority over it. Calvin’s intention was to hold a via media between the Roman Catholics and the Anabaptists. In this paper, I explored a via media as Calvin’ theological method shown in his teachings of the Word, sacraments, and the state.

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