저자 의도성(Authorial Intention)과 맥락화(Contextualization)의 관점에서 본 John Calvin의 갈라디아서 설교 연구 = A Study of John Calvin’s sermon on Galatians: From the Perspectives of Authorial Intention and Contextualization

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Despite John Calvin’s self-perception as preacher, studies of Calvin as a preacher and his sermons are relatively scarce compared to those of Calvin as a theologian. This paper analyzes Calvin’s 43 sermons on the book of Galatians and presents implications for Reformed preaching. To do so, the paper first synthesizes the general assessments of various scholars on Calvin’s preaching and the sermonic elements. Specifically, the analysis of Calvin’s Galatians sermons is evaluated through the lens of authorial intention and audience contextualization, which are essential criteria for contemporary biblical preaching. To this end, the paper provides an overview of comtemproary homiletics scholars' accounts of authorial intent and contextualization, as well as Calvin’s understandings of these concepts.
Most of all, this paper analyzes each of Calvin’s 43 sermons in terms of of authorial intention and contextualization, and finds that they are sermons that faithfully reflect the intentions of the biblical author, appropriately contextualize the truth of the text for the life of the Geneva congregation, offering specific applications of warning and encouragement. The characteristics of Calvin’s sermon on Galatians-fidelity to the author’s intent in the biblical text as the Word of God, preaching with canonical context and clear doctrinal affirmation, a balance of legitimate contextualization based on the author’s intent, and a pastorally oriented passion through it all-provides important implications for Reformed preaching.