Oracles, Visions, and Oral Tradition: Calvin on the Foundation of Scripture

Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 63 (2):117-129 (2009)
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John Calvin claims that the foundation of Scripture is the oracles and visions revealed to the patriarchs, transmitted through countless generations by an oral tradition that faithfully preserved these oracles. The oral tradition of the patriarchs also contains practices not found in written Scripture that are applicable to the church of Calvin day

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