Background
He was born in Mohrungen (Morąg, now Ostróda County) in the Duchy of Prussia.
theologian university professor
He was born in Mohrungen (Morąg, now Ostróda County) in the Duchy of Prussia.
University of Königsberg.
After studying at Königsberg (Królewiec), in 1650 he was appointed professor of theology at Wittenberg, where he afterwards became general superintendent and primarius. While Calixtus affirmed that the Apostles" Creed was an adequate definition of faith, Calovius rather held that one must believe every part of revealed truth in order to gain salvation. This led Calovius to deny as a heresy the idea that Roman Catholics or Calvinists could be partakers of salvation.
As a writer of polemics Calovius had few equals.
He produced a popular commentary on Martin Luther"s translation of the Bible, "die deutsche Bibel," today known as the Calov Bible. Calovius died in Wittenberg.
Calovius was the most noteworthy of the champions of Lutheran orthodoxy in the 17 th century.
His chief dogmatic work, Systema Iocorum theologicorum, (12 volumes, 1655–1677) represents the climax of Lutheran scholasticism. He also wrote a much larger professional exegetical work on the entire Bible called "Biblia Illustrata." lieutenant is written from the point of view of a very strict belief in inspiration, his object being to refute the statements made by Hugo Grotius in his Commentaries.
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