Protestantism (cont.)
Various sects after Martin Lutherís protests against the Catholic Church (1521); also reaction against established Anglicanism (Church of England after Henry VIII)
- individual worship & knowledge of God through the Word
- all equally endowed with grace
Calvinism: after John Calvin, French-Swiss (1536)
- Total depravity of humanity (ìIn Adamís Fall/We Sinníd allî); Original Sin an indelible stain
- Godís irresistible grace preserves the elect
- Predestination & preservation of ìthe saintsî
- ìCovenant theologyî: Godís ìCovenant of Workî with Adam failed, revised ìCovenant of Graceî with Abraham
With other English Protestants, a dream of returning to a previous state of purity, a ìNew Edenî