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This thinker compared religious law to a mirror, claiming that it lets us view our own weaknesses, and he explained how such laws promote obedience, much like a whip to an idle donkey. Â He likened God's mark on the universe to a series of burning lamps whose influence on us is diminished by our limited comprehension, which was in turn caused by original sin. Â T.H.L. Parker is best known for writing about this person, whose main work is structured into four parts based on the (*) Apostles' Creed. Â The teacher of Theodore Beza, he was responsible for the arrest and burning of Michael Servetus. Â He theorized that God had already selected who went to heaven, a concept called predestination. Â For 10 points, name this author of Institutes of the Christian Religion, a reformer who lived in Geneva.
This thinker compared religious law to a mirror, claiming that it lets us view our own weaknesses, and he explained how such laws promote obedience, much like a whip to an idle donkey.
John Calvin