Morality after Calvin : Theodore Beza's Christian censor and reformed ethics
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Morality after Calvin : Theodore Beza's Christian censor and reformed ethics
（Oxford studies in historical theology）
Oxford University Press, c2017
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Bibliography: p. [379]-404
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Morality after Calvin examines the development of ethical thought in the Reformed tradition immediately following the death of Calvin. The book explores a previously unstudied work of Theodore Beza, the Cato Censorius Christianus (1591). When read in conjunction with the works and correspondence of Beza and his colleagues (Simon Goulart, Lambert Daneau, Peter Martyr Vermigli, among others), the poems of the Cato reveal the theoretical
underpinnings of the disciplinary activity during the period. Kirk M. Summers shows how the moral fervor of the latter half of the sixteenth century had its genesis in a well-formulated theology that viewed a Christian's sanctification as a process of restoration to an original order created by God.
Morality propels one on the journey of life to the ultimate goal of peace and contentment in which God receives the glory. The principles that constitute this morality, therefore, look back to the very moment of creation, when God structured human relationships, established a certain order in nature, and issued commands. After the Fall, the Mosaic Law and Christ himself, to whom the faithful are united by the Holy Spirit, embody these principles. They include an ethos of listening, sincerity of
life, engagement with one's calling, love of neighbor, respect for divinely ordained order, and a desire for the purity of the flock.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Contextualizing Beza's Ethical Thought
Chapter One: Cato, God, and Natural Law
Chapter Two: An Ethos of Listening
Chapter Three: Living Sincerely
Chapter Four: The Execution of One's Calling
Chapter Five: Usury and the "Rhetoric of Mutuality"
Chapter Six: Sanctifying Physical Relationships
Chapter Seven: Outliers
Chapter Eight: A Retrospective View of Life's Journey
Chapter Nine: Conclusion: Beza's Ethical Thought
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