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