Monday, March 12, 2007

Calvin on John Chapman House

It is clear ... that pious men customarily prepared themselves by monastic discipline to govern the church, that thus they might be fitter and better trained to undertake so great an office.
- Institutes 4.13.8

So is that what my life has been about for the last 3 years? There has to be a better way ...

4 comments:

Dave Miers said...

fitter and better trained

from what i've heard this is definitely the case when it comes to cricket and table tennis!

jeltzz said...

When I read that section in Calvin I felt like he was really engaging in a glossing and re-interpretation of monasticism. Bad on Calvin for making things up.

Anonymous said...

I thought that Chappo was a consequence of Moore's belief about "learning in community". It was also good to wake up after 7am, have breakfast at 7:45 and still make it to the first class of the day at 8:05am on time.

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