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Calvin's Institutes: June 11
Podcast SummaryIn this reading from John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 19, Sections 7–11, Calvin develops the third aspect of Christian liberty: freedom in matters that God has neither commanded nor forbidden. He argues that consciences must not be bound by human regulations concerning food, clothing, holidays, or other indifferent things (adiaphora), since such bondage inevitably leads to superstition, fear, and endless uncertainty. At the same time, Christian liberty is not a license for self-indulgence. Calvin warns against using freedom as a cloak for…
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