Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists, Matthew, Mark and Luke

John Calvin1555

John Calvin’s commentary on Matthew, Mark and Luke, arranged as a single harmony and first published in 1555. It is cited here for what a leading Reformer made of particular Gospel passages.

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John Calvin set the first three Gospels side by side and commented on them section by section, in the order of his harmony; the dedication of the first edition is dated 1555. The English translation linked here fills three volumes, of which this is the first.

It is a primary source for Calvin’s own reading of the Gospels, and it is cited in this wiki for that purpose only. On Matthew 1:25 he recalls the dispute between Helvidius and Jerome over whether Mary had other children. He concludes that “no just and well-grounded inference can be drawn from these words of the Evangelist, as to what took place after the birth of Christ”, and that no one will press the question except from curiosity or a love of dispute.

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