Reformers and the Theology of the Reformation

by William Cunningham

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Genres: Theology, Christianity, Reference, History

638 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1862

About the author

Rev Prof William Cunningham DD was a Scottish theologian.

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a collection of serious historical studies by the Principal of New College, Edinburgh in the mid-nineteenth century. The sixth essay on John Calvin contains an impressively rigorous evaluation of the Servetus affair. Cunningham does a fine job of getting to the facts. He reveals the nonsense of saying that Calvin was a blood thirsty dictator in Geneva (an exciting story, but false). The author further exposes the lopsidedness of casting aspersion upon Calvin's entire career because of Servetus' execution. At the same time, Cunningham criticizes the commitment of 16th century Europeans, Catholic and Protestant, to civil penalties for heterodoxy.

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good material but the essays, which were originally published in the British and Foreign Evangelical Review, are too long-winded and needed editorial trimming. The author repeats himself quite a bit at times. Still, he is very readable and interesting in his analysis. The essay on John Calvin is particularly useful for reminding us of why we have cause to thank God for his work in Calvin's life. Wiliam Cunningham was also a lot more favourable to John Davenant - whom he regarded as one of the greatest English theologians, despite disagreeing with his hypothetical universalism - than are most Sectario-Presbyterians today.

[Douglas Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good.