The Honour of God and Human Salvation is a penetrating study of Calvin's Institutes and an illumination of Calvin's theology as a whole. In it, Marijn de Kroon depicts the dynamic nature of Calvin’s thought. He shows how Calvin’s theological perspectives led him to see God in terms of His honor, to understand humanity in terms of human salvation, and to work with intense theological creativity upon this mutual relationship.
Summing up the general principle underlying his main work, Calvin wrote: “almost the entire content of our wisdom… consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and the Knowledge of ourselves.” Here are two poles between which our knowledge restlessly oscillates.
Starting from this assessment of the human condition, Marijn de Kroon springboards into an interpretation of the entirety of Calvin’s thought. The Honour of God and Human Salvation has long been regarded as a work of great importance. It is a must-read for all scholars and students of Calvin's theology.
