One kind reader recently requested that I provide a biography of John Calvin. This is something that I'd rather leave to other people. Here are some links to excellent brief biographies of Calvin.
Some interesting contextualization of Calvin here:
http://www.lgmarshall.org/Daubigne/daubigne_refhistory12_15.html
Here's a fairly good, quick, biography:
http://www.apuritansmind.com/Reformation/McMahonLifeOfCalvin.htm
And here is a slightly more lengthy one:
http://www.gtc.ac.nz/publications/John%20Calvin.pdf
However, the bottom line is that I, for one, am not persuaded to agree with Calvin on the many points where I agree with him, because he said it, nor because he lived a virtuous life of devotion to the truth. I agree with him because study of Scripture confirms that his doctrines - at least most of them - have them as their source. For the same reason, I have no plans to write a biography of Turretin.
May the Holy Spirit, who provided us with Scripture, be praised!
-Turretinfan
Saturday, March 10, 2007
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Dennison wrote "The Life and Career of Francis Turretin" which is placed at the end of Vol. 3 of The Institutes of Elenctic Theology (P&R Publishing).
Thanks for the tip!
-TurretinFan
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