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Calvin’s views on the Sabbath are the subject of claim and counterclaim. This book brings together two controversial themes: Calvin’s ideas on Church/state relationships and on the Sabbath. Richard Gaffin traces the development of Calvin’s beliefs through his comments and writings. Gaffin also helps us to understand the relationship between the Ten Commandments and the New Testament. Not only...

Background To facilitate our investigation of Calvin, two matters deserve at least brief attention: the spectrum of viewpoints on the Sabbath/Sunday question, especially those emerging beginning with the Reformation, and the state of Sunday observance on the eve of the Reformation. First to be mentioned are two views that represent opposite extremes. Neither has ever been maintained consistently for any great length of time, but
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