St. Anthony’s and John Calvin’s had unique thoughts on Christian beliefs. They, definitely, have made a huge input on Christianity. Even though generally their ideas are very similar, John Calvin’s ideas and concepts about wealth in Christian life from his book Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life are different from St. Anthony’s. While St. Anthony totally denied wealth and earthly things, John Calvin thought that people can have prosperity with God’s blessings, use the prosperity as help for the salvation, and people should appreciate and get pleasure from the prosperity as God’s gifts.
John Calvin’s ideas about prosperity and self-denial allow people to have wealth, but with God’s blessing. In chapter two John Calvin writes: “they [godfearing people] should not hope or desire or even think of prosperity without God’s blessing” (Calvin 41). In chapter two Calvin writes about how one should self-deny themselves; however, he agrees that Christians might have some wealth with God’s blessing. In addition, he thinks that Christians might get happiness from acquiring some blessed wealth, while claiming that non-Christians who attain honors do not have even a particle of happiness. While Calvin’s ideas allow some …show more content…
In chapter five Calvin writes: “It is not without reason, therefore, that Paul advises us to use this world as if we did not use it, and to buy possessions in the same frame of mind as when we sell them” (Calvin 84). He continues his point with saying that there are good and holy people who extremely limited themselves and used bread and water, but he also adds that these people make mistakes with extreme limitations. St. Anthony valued extreme limitations unless it would be necessary to be closer to God; nevertheless, Calvin’s idea is that people should not limit themselves extremely and use earthly things as assistance to be closer to
John Calvin’s ideas about prosperity and self-denial allow people to have wealth, but with God’s blessing. In chapter two John Calvin writes: “they [godfearing people] should not hope or desire or even think of prosperity without God’s blessing” (Calvin 41). In chapter two Calvin writes about how one should self-deny themselves; however, he agrees that Christians might have some wealth with God’s blessing. In addition, he thinks that Christians might get happiness from acquiring some blessed wealth, while claiming that non-Christians who attain honors do not have even a particle of happiness. While Calvin’s ideas allow some …show more content…
In chapter five Calvin writes: “It is not without reason, therefore, that Paul advises us to use this world as if we did not use it, and to buy possessions in the same frame of mind as when we sell them” (Calvin 84). He continues his point with saying that there are good and holy people who extremely limited themselves and used bread and water, but he also adds that these people make mistakes with extreme limitations. St. Anthony valued extreme limitations unless it would be necessary to be closer to God; nevertheless, Calvin’s idea is that people should not limit themselves extremely and use earthly things as assistance to be closer to