A Pilgrimage Through the Institutes of the Christian Religion 1.5.12 part 1 of 2

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A Pilgrimage Through the Institutes of the Christian Religion 1.5.12 — Calvinism Explained

Description:
Journey into one of the most piercing sections of John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion—Book 1, Chapter 5, Section 12—where the Reformer lays bare humanity’s spiritual blindness and the universal corruption of religion apart from divine revelation. This episode of A Pilgrimage Through the Institutes exposes how idolatry, superstition, and philosophical pride flow naturally from the fallen heart, and why every attempt to invent religion apart from Scripture ends in confusion and contradiction.

Filmed and produced in Canada, this educational and religious commentary qualifies as Canadian Content under CRTC guidelines (Canadian creator, scriptwriting, and production location). It contributes to national cultural development by preserving theological literacy, promoting historical education, and fostering intellectual dialogue on Christian philosophy and Western heritage.

Niche: Calvinism Explained — Reformed Theology, Christian Philosophy, Biblical Apologetics, Canadian Religious Education

Summary of Topics:
✠ The world is flooded with religious error — Calvin exposes the tragic irony of human religion as man’s attempt to reach God while fleeing Him.
✠ Idolatry is universal and deeply personal — every heart is a factory of idols, crafting false gods in its own image.
✠ Ignorance is compounded by arrogance and lust — reason becomes a slave to passion without divine revelation.
✠ Idolatry flows from man like a fountain — the human soul endlessly pours out superstition unless restrained by Scripture.
✠ The diversity of superstition proves man’s blindness — the multitude of religions reveals confusion, not truth.
✠ Even philosophers are divided — the “wisest” of men contradict one another, proving the futility of natural theology.
✠ The more learned the man, the more deceptive the error — intellect without grace becomes a snare.
✠ Philosophical speculation deepens confusion — debates about divine unity reveal darkness, not light.
✠ Egyptian mysticism masqueraded as rational religion — ancient wisdom cloaked folly in sacred language.
✠ Every man-made religion corrupts truth — Calvin’s central claim: no system born of man can escape falsehood.
✠ Philosophical confusion emboldened atheism — idolatry and unbelief spring from the same root of rebellion.
✠ Atheists err by using ignorance to deny God — man’s blindness is not evidence of absence but of sin.
✠ Both learned and unlearned prove man’s incapacity — all humanity stands condemned under the failure of reason.
✠ The story of Simonides — a vivid illustration of the mind’s futility without revelation.
✠ Natural theology leads to contradiction — apart from the light of Scripture, reason gropes in darkness.

Timestamps:
00:10 — Introductory Song: “Temples of Smoke and Mirrors”
06:50 — Introduction
15:45 — The world is flooded with religious error
47:25 — Idolatry is universal and deeply personal
1:10:19 — Ignorance is compounded by arrogance and lust
01:43:24 — Idolatry flows from man like a fountain
02:50:39 — The diversity of superstitions proves man’s blindness
03:43:08 — Philosophers, the so-called wisest, are deeply divided

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