Christianity’s Dangerous Idea p.99
Democracy was (arguably) first truly applied to public government through the application of Calvin’s ideas of church government to the secular politics by John Knox.
[1/19/08]
From Christianity’s Dangerous Idea p. 94
Calvin’s greatest contribution to the Protestant church is the ability he demonstrated to be able to be build a solid basis of theology on the Bible…
It’s crazy to me that it was any other way at other post-canonical period of time! This just betrays the success of Calvin’s main and foundational idea.
I need to read Calvin’s Institutes.
[1/11/08]
