Ahn, Myung Jun2013-01-222013-01-221999Ahn, MJ 1999, 'The ideal of Brevitas et Facilitas: the theological hermeneutics of John Calvin', Skrif en Kerk, vol. 20, no.2, pp 270-281.0257-8891 (print)2074-7705 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20883Continued 2001 as 'Verbum et Ecclesia'Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFCalvin presented his own distinctive method of the hermeneutics of Scripture in his Commentary on the Epistle of Paul, the Apostle, to the Romans. It is called the ideal of brevitas et facilitas. Calvin was not satisfied with both Malanchthon's loci method and Bucer's prolixity commentary. He took a via media approach. Calvin's method was influenced by rhetoric of Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian and Chrysostom. Calvin, however, confirmed that his own principle came from Scripture itself. I deal with Calvin's view that the clarity of Scripture was related to the ideal of brevitas et facilitas. After analyzing Calvin's writing, I discovered ten component elements of the method of brevitas et facilitas.12 pagesPDFenFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaJohn Calvin (1509–1564)Brevitas et facilitasArticle