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'Let your yes mean yes, your no mean no.' In the history of biblical interpretation, very few commands of Christ have been more vigorously debated or roundly ignored than Jesus' statement on oaths. Scheuers' detailed and critical study uses Calvin's approach to and demands for oath taking as a strategic way to pry open the reformers' understandings of communal reform, liberty, and the conscience in the Reformation era. * David M. Whitford, Professor of Reformation Studies, Baylor University * This rich investigation explores tensions between freedom of conscience and appreciation for church constitutions, subscription to confessions, and oath swearing. Focusing on Calvin and situating Geneva's theoretical and practical negotiations among wider protestant movements, Scheuers paints a nuanced portrait of the relationships among biblical authority, conscience, and human traditions in the Reformation era. * Barbara Pitkin, author of Calvin, the Bible, and History: Exegesis and Historical Reflection in the Era of Reform *

'Let your yes mean yes, your no mean no.' In the history of biblical interpretation, very few commands of Christ have been more vigorously debated or roundly ignored than Jesus' statement on oaths. Scheuers' detailed and critical study uses Calvin's approach to and demands for oath taking as a strategic way to pry open the reformers' understandings of communal reform, liberty, and the conscience in the Reformation era. * David M. Whitford, Professor of Reformation Studies, Baylor University * This rich investigation explores tensions between freedom of conscience and appreciation for church constitutions, subscription to confessions, and oath swearing. Focusing on Calvin and situating Geneva's theoretical and practical negotiations among wider protestant movements, Scheuers paints a nuanced portrait of the relationships among biblical authority, conscience, and human traditions in the Reformation era. * Barbara Pitkin, author of Calvin, the Bible, and History: Exegesis and Historical Reflection in the Era of Reform * Pitkin's study provides a window into the historical consciousness of Calvin the exegete and reveals a sophisticated method of biblical interpretation that effectively rendered ancient texts relevant to the lives and faith of early modern believers. * Raymond A. Blacketer, Theology and History *

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Timothy R. Scheuers received his PhD in Historical Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2021. He is presently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at Providence Christian College (Pasadena, CA), and the Associate Pastor of First United Reformed Church (Chino, CA). Scheuers' research and publications have focused on the theology and pastoral ministry of John Calvin, as well as various loci of systematic theology.

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