Calvinism - pagina 271

CALVINISM AND THE FUTURE.

267

any one having made a botanic study of its nature and growth.

Calvinism, in

But now

this

its

rise,

may no

study

the biography and

rather acted than argued.

we more

of self-knowledge,

world of ideas that with the

life

now be

biology of Calvinism must

thoroughly investigated and thought out, lack

is

Both

longer be delayed.

with our

or,

be side-tracked into a

shall

at discord

than

in

consonance

of our Christian democracy, and cut loose

from the root on which we once blossomed so vigorously.

Only through such study what

I

named

become

will there

in the third place: the

possible

development of the

principles of Calvinism in accordance with the needs of

our modern consciousness, and their application to every

department this;

in

on

I

life.

do not exclude theology from

theology too exercises

for

ramifications

all its

;

and

it

is,

its

influence

upon

life

therefore, sad to see

how even the theology of the Reformed Churches has in so many a country come under the sway of wholly systems.

foreign

many

one of the

But,

Philosophy,

dence,

the

when

and

events, theology

all

sciences that

ment.

medical

at

social

demand

psychology, sciences,

natural

sciences,

philosophically

each

only

Calvinistic treat-

aesthetics,

literature,

is

and

and

all

jurispru-

even

the

of these,

conceived, go back to principles,

and of necessity even the question must be put with much

more

penetrating

seriousness

than

hitherto,

whether

the ontological and anthropological principles that reign

supreme in

in

the

present

method of these

sciences are

agreement with the principles of Calvinism, or are

at variance with their very essence.

Finally

I

would add

to these three

demands

— historically

Deze tekst is geautomatiseerd gemaakt en kan nog fouten bevatten. Digibron werkt voortdurend aan correctie. Klik voor het origineel door naar de pdf. Voor opmerkingen, vragen, informatie: contact.

Op Digibron -en alle daarin opgenomen content- is het databankrecht van toepassing. Gebruiksvoorwaarden. Data protection law applies to Digibron and the content of this database. Terms of use.

Printen