The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19
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CudIdC(NI, MS tuSOiuSlCdI lCllClS anu W VI M,
and his mode of interpreting the Scrip.
lures, were read by DR.. Merle D'Aubigne,
VI. Bungener, of Geneva, and Professor
Ilcrzog, Of Erlangen. 1t would give Us
great pleasure to transfer in full, to our
columns, the admirable tractateS of these
distinguished clcrgymcn, especially that
of the historian of the Reformation, which
is characterized by all that originality of
thought, graphlcucsS, and force oI EXPIRES
sion, for which he is 80 remarkable. But
oIr space will not permit. All that we can
do is to present, in condensed form, and
aS Tar rs possible, in our own language,
some of their ideas in regard 10 him who
may hr SAID first to have given formal eX-
pr, SSiou To that system of doctrine which
goes 10y his name. and which is both found
cd on Scriiture and agreeable to i gnt rca-
son. Their remarks emf raced Il cumprc
hcnSivc view of Calvin, as man, as a re.
,torn,cr and Mt0iogiIH, a. a Scripture
coh,meatdtor, and as at duihor. In con
>idrring his rLtlNcttr, and tina, of the re-
fornIatIaH lar " l,i1't, lIr lithured ID Aubigue
remarked that " Calvin was one of those
natures. ,iCh, profound, mysterious, that
. do not attach Themselves a. ~. s VYv, 10 the
earth, but communicate mvStciiou>ly with
GNI, h, ordcr tu kuow him, it is necc>.
>ary e. >tarh ;!,ti5y i,y'H. Ny ;4a;:2, E,ee!,A
his ltr--a work far too great for modrlu
i,ivo,ity. lie l. one Of those men, the
study Of whom presents new aspects to
history. Calvin was not exempt from en-
rurS nor detects He is not to be taken
as Il guide il crlthiug, bat he WAS tenn
prratr, mcdating, aud conc .latnrv, and
not excessive aH1 mtolryant, as many Re-.
mi>h pamrhlltccrs have represented iinI.
lie SAN the dan scrS which could aii>r irual
diversity "i religious opinions among
those who were laboriug IN the common
cau>c ot Gcturnatl"n, and he sought To
unite them on one platform. He WAS a
man OF moderate views and conservative
. II. $780,. <, ..,....e...
"A conference between Calvin and the re-
formers Of Gtlnnany and Switzerland, Luz
Their and ZNinSlc. After describing the
personal appearance of the respective re,
iolmCrs - Luther aS "A man of vigorous
aspect. lively and decided in his hrarihg;"
I"lng!r, As "A person OF energetic figure,
whose bearing shows him to be son of
the mountain )" aud CalN in as a man Of
pale aspect, brilliant eyes, and slow step,
he pr"poundS To them different Theological
questions. The first is what is the r,la
uon between faith and the Holy Scripture.
Luther is ready with his reply.
am fool" lac said, - understand
nothing. have seen notuihg understood
nothing, proved nothing. Bat because
tod has spoken, | wish to believe. We
must believe only what God las said 10
us III the Scripture"
".lt these words Zwinglr, trained in
the school Of Greek philosophy, knit, hi,
blow. lie wants, indeed, the word of
God.
But he says that our belief ought to be
both reasonable and intelligent.
Calvin rrconcilrs the two opposed re
formers. He says to Luther, we must
hold by the Scriptures They ave the
word ol liod
lie says to ZwingIe, " Faith consists not
in ignorance, but IL IA knowledge OF Gods
word"
Another question is proposed.
You admit IA work Of Chlst-cXpia-
ton; an action OF Christ in u>-rcgciicra-
ton; which is lac first in rank: Luther
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