Melanchthon on the Languages and the Gospel
In his Ratio discendi (1522) Melanchthon makes the case for the importance of studying the languages. He writes:
"You must know that languages and literature are from heaven. When in former times the Gospel had to be spread over the whole world, the apostles received the gift of tongues. The same obtains today: the Gospel is reborn and, simultaneously, the study of languages is restored and with its help we learn the Gospel. . . . Eloquence was once dead. Now that God has restored it to life, we must guard the divine gift in every way" (Rummel, 145).
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Melanchthon on the Humanities and Theology
In Erika Rummel's The Humanist-Scholastic Debate in the Renaissance and Reformation, we read this from Melanchthon, who is discussing the nature of education, and the role of humane studies:
"If the humanities have not been taught, what kind of theologians will we create?" Melanchton then says: "but I know how much to attribute to the humanities, lest anyone think I am detracting anything from the Holy Spirit here" (Rummel, 144).
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Calvin on the Eschatological Trajectory of Creation
In his short piece, Simon Kennedy discovers a helpful quote from Calvin on the nature of creation, and its eschatological trajectory.
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Luther and Languages
One more reason to like Luther:
Luther recommends that a good library contain: "Holy Scripture in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German, and in whatever other languages it may be available. Then there should be the best and oldest commentaries, if I could find them, in Greek, Hebrew and Latin. Then books that aid us in acquiring the languages."
(quoted in Erika Rummel, The Humanist-Scholastic Debate, 115).
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