Publicación: Calvin’s political theology in context
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2020-06-13
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García Alonso, Marta María::virtual::3009::600
García Alonso, Marta María
García Alonso, Marta María
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Taylor & Francis
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Calvin was a man of the Church so his political doctrine stems from his ecclesiology, in response to both the Papal doctrine on the delegate power of the magistrates, and the Lutheran subordination of the Church to the civil authorities. He was not concerned with discussing the best possible regime, but rather with preparing a theological justification of civil power that would make it depend exclusively on God, not on the people. I will hold that Calvin states the people’s function is merely instrumental: they accept the authority chosen by God, but do not institute it. The only really relevant element is that both political vocation and the transmission of power that is indispensable to it, derive uniquely and exclusively from God. The discrepancies apparent in different authors’ interpretations can be clarified by recovering the context of his argumentation. This is the objective of this article.
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John Calvin, Geneva, modernity, protestant reformation, resistance theory
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Facultad de Filosofía
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Filosofía y Filosofía Moral y Política