Abstract

This paper responds to Helm 's rebuttal of Brümmer's account of Bernard and Calvin in "Religious Studies" 30, 4. It contends that Helm confuses indeterminism with nondeterminism and that a clear distinction between freedom from necessity and freedom from compulsion must be drawn. Contra Helm, there is still a contradiction between Calvin's defence of freedom from compulsion and his account of the perseverance of God's grace.