Calvinism is actually in the main a redoing of Augustinianism, the theology of St. Augustine. It's not actually a distinctively Protestant form of theologizing at all. But Calvin deserves full marks for working out the logical implications of Augustinianism to the nth degree and adding some new wrinkles.
Above all for me, he is to be respected for understanding that Biblical theology can only be done on the basis of a detailed and comprehensive exegesis of all the relevant Biblical material...
He lived by Bengel's maxim-- Apply the whole of the text (of the Bible) to yourself. Apply the whole of yourself to the text. Its a motto any Christian should be proud to live by.
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