The viewpoint of the twentieth century, which has selected Calvin as the chief early codifier, must be set aside, particularly in those instances when the formative influence toward the development of a specific doctrinal position came not from Calvin but from one of his contemporaries. Orthodoxy must be understood not as a result of or as a defection from the work of a single thinker but as a doctrinal development resting on a fairly diverse theological heritage. In addition, we must never forget that the Reformation itself stands within the broad tradition of Western theology and in continuity as well as discontinuity with the patristic and medieval heritage. (Richard A. Muller, Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 1)
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