How about his one? Seems pretty sure on it! Calvin writes: “First, it must be observed that the will of God is the cause of all things that happen in the world; and yet God is not the author of evil.” (Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God, p.169, emphasis mine)
By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he determined with himself whatever he wished to happen with regard to every man....some are preordained to eternal life, others to eternal damnation; and, accordingly, as each has been created for one or other of these ends, we say that he has been predestinated to life or to death. Inst 21:5 https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes.v.xxii.html
This quote is not necessarily calling God Author of Sin but it describes predestination as accomplished by eternal decree.
Not really, as God is the One who is free to determine and also to allow all things to happen, as per His plans/purposes, and yet never hs he sinned, nor tempted othrs to sin!
And there is no oparadox between God will andours ONLY if you take
, wich Calvin di, that God alone has true free will!
The Calvin quote you cited has absolutely nothing to do with your false charge of God being the Author of sin. It is dealing with God's eternal decree.
I think your greatest need is actually to read some Scripture, rather than rooting about in Calvin trying to prove things you don't even understand.
Read some of those Scripture links I posted and you may get a clue as to what God's decree is, or failing that, have a look at Luke 2:1 to see an example of a decree.
Well, not speaking for Calvin, yes. But you won’t like it.
I believe that we, by necessity, speak of God as having a “will” as if God were human. Given the present conversation, we are speaking as if God were sitting in the drawing room planning exactly how he would accomplish redemption. Did God plan the Fall? Did God decree the Fall (Calvinism) or Ordain the Fall (Arminianism)?
We picture God at his desk planning out redemption…Judas will betray his Son, this he let people know long before it happen (even the price of betrayal)…but does this mean that Judas had a choice?
I believe this anthropomorphic. God does have a will, but God’s will is not our will. God decreed the Fall, that it would happen because this is the purpose God created man – for his own glory. And Adam ate of the fruit of his own free will. God decreed that Judas would betray Jesus. And Judas betrayed Jesus of his own free will. God decreed the Cross. And the Jews crucified Jesus of their own free will. But in all of this (the Fall, Judas’ betrayal, Jesus’ crucifixion) God did not author evil because God’s intent and motivation was his own glory and that through the redemption of man whereby men become brethren with God and children of the Father. The evil originated from within the men, as was the inclination of their nature.
Awwww. Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away I graduated seminary and was encouraged by my professor to continue post-graduate studies in Church History. I always regretted not making that happen…but it was impossible at the time.
Servetus was a more interesting topic ...just not the one at hand, and since you said "please"....:)