Jean Calvin: Commentarii In Epistolas Canonicas

English Calvin's work on the Canonicals was a continuation of his early commitment to comment on all of Paul, Hebrews, and the Canonicals. He commented on five of the 1 Peter, 1 John, James, 2 Peter, and Jude. A fairly common style is threefold. Taking the text in sections leading with the lemma, he usually began with attention to vocabulary, the meaning of the Greek, and some comment on translations (Vulgate, Erasmus); then he would give attention to case endings (grammar). Secondly, he would delve into the substance of the content, paraphrasing and analyzing, with comparison to Paul, often raising questions and offering a Respondeo (dialectic). Thirdly, he would usually say summa est , which ends with an exhortation (rhetoric, including an attack on Trent). English and Latin text.