DOIS CAMINHOS PARA A SALVAÇÃO: AS LEITURAS DE ARMÍNIO E CALVINO DE ROMANOS NOVE À LUZ DA ESTÉTICA DA RECEPÇÃO

Abstract

This research intends to analyze, in the light of the Aesthetics of Reception, the readings that Calvin and Arminius made of Romans nine. In order to to this, it was sought to evidence the emergence of the impasse between Calvinists and Arminians, which became stronger since the 16th century, at the Synod of Dort, in the Netherlands, seeking to understand what were the possible historical-social motivations that led them to build the assumptions from predestination and free will. After this preliminar survey, the methodology used aimed to analyze the interpretations of the biblical text by Calvinists and Arminians. The German literary theory called Aesthetics of Reception, by Hans Robert Jauss and Wolfgang Iser, which elevates the reader to a prominent place in the generation of meaning in the text, and its categories of poiesis, aisthesis, katharsis formed the theoretical framework to understand how the interpretations of a literary text can generate procedural dogmas in a social context. Using this theoretical framework, the research aimed to answer how the interpretations of the text of Romans nove, made by Calvino and Armínio, affected their pastoral actions and which social worldviews were formed from there. It also investigated whether the interpretations are similar, opposite or complementary. Furthermore, the objective was to clarify whether it is possible that chapter nine of Romans may be reinterpreted in a literary way. Finally, considering the profession of the researcher, who is a Protestant pastor, it tryed to demonstrate the importance of this new look at the biblical text, aiming at a pastoral action more appropriate to the contemporary. The present research has a bibliographic character and uses articles and works within the chosen area.