Download or read book A Biblical-theological Evaluation of Calvin's View of Divine Accommodation and a Biblical-theological Proposal of Accommodation written by Mikael J. Römer and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theologians since Justin Martyr and Irenius have employed the concept of accommodation to explain how an infinite God reveals himself and his will to finite and fallen creatures. God condescends to the human level to communicate and interact with humans in ways appropriate to humans. God, as a perfect being, has chosen to adapt to the created limitations and the sinful weaknesses of people. The church fathers and Calvin argue that God accommodates out of love for his creatures. Since there is much misinformation concerning accommodation, there is a need to understand the concept in light of grammatical-historical hermeneutics and biblical theology. The principal problem with accommodation is the difficulty of determining the extent of accommodation in Scripture. The lack of any unifying principle has led theologians to choose rather arbitrarily what they consider to be accommodated in Scripture. This dissertation has three purposes: it establishes Calvin's place as a representative of the historical view of accommodation, it evaluates John Calvin's use of accommodation in light of grammatical-historical hermeneutics and biblical theology, and it proposes a biblical theology for accommodation. This dissertation attempts first to demonstrate that Calvin's view is sufficiently similar to that of some church fathers. Then, the dissertation analyzes the extent to which accommodation as it appears in Calvin's works is compatible with grammatical-historical hermeneutics and biblical theology. Finally, the dissertation undertakes to formulate biblical theological proposals for accommodation. --