Significance of the category of form in the theology of John Calvin: a study in constructive Protestantism

Abstract

This is a study of the Importance of the category of form in a system of theology. In John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion there is presented a system of theology which has been perhaps the most influential organised body of ideas in the entire Protestant movement. We are going to examine this theological system to find what place form occupies in it. In order to do this, we shall first review, briefly, the broader meaning and significance of the category of form in general, and try to arrive at a definite understanding of the tern.