Herman J. Selderhuis. Professor of church history at the Theologische Universiteit Apeldoorn and director of Refo500. Major contemporary Calvin scholar and biographer.
Herman J. Selderhuis examines the Heidelberg theological faculty between 1583 and 1622, showing how its largely Melanchthonian professors resisted the Calvinist label while answering a long list of Lutheran charges about predestination, Christology, and the sacraments.
Selderhuis examines Calvin's theology of the Psalms with particular attention to the hiddenness of God, an aspect of Calvin's doctrine often overlooked, and shows how it shaped Calvin's account of faith under trial.
Selderhuis reads Calvin's doctrine of faith as reflected in his Commentary on the Psalms, presenting Calvin not as an unshakable rock but as a man caught between God and the devil, whose account of faith is forged in weakness and assault.
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