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Calvin's Institutes: February 20
In this reading from Calvin’s Institutes, Book 2, Chapter 2, Sections 5–8, Calvin turns from philosophers to theologians—and finds that many Christian writers fared little better when speaking about free will. Surveying the Schoolmen and earlier Fathers, Calvin shows how careful distinctions about grace and freedom often collapsed into confusion, ambiguity, or misplaced confidence in human ability. While acknowledging the pastoral intentions behind these formulations, Calvin presses the question that cannot be avoided: what does “free will” actually mean if the human will is enslaved to sin?…
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