Calvin used Rosicrucian-Masonic terminology.
“ The Great Architect of the Universe (also Grand Architect of the Universe or Supreme Architect of the Universe) is...used within Freemasonry to neutrally represent whatever Supreme Being to which each member individually holds in adherence. It is also a Rosicrucian conception of God, as expressed by Max Heindel. The concept of the Demiurge as a grand architect or a great architect also occurs in gnosticism and other religious and philosophical systems...
“ John Calvin, in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (published in 1536), repeatedly calls the Christian God 'the Architect of the Universe', also referring to his works as 'Architecture of the Universe', and in his commentary on Psalm 19 refers to the Christian god as the 'Great Architect' or 'Architect of the Universe'.”
Compilation referencing the ¨So as above so below¨ used as masonic handsigns
Find as at @AntiMasonry
“ The Great Architect of the Universe (also Grand Architect of the Universe or Supreme Architect of the Universe) is...used within Freemasonry to neutrally represent whatever Supreme Being to which each member individually holds in adherence. It is also a Rosicrucian conception of God, as expressed by Max Heindel. The concept of the Demiurge as a grand architect or a great architect also occurs in gnosticism and other religious and philosophical systems...
“ John Calvin, in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (published in 1536), repeatedly calls the Christian God 'the Architect of the Universe', also referring to his works as 'Architecture of the Universe', and in his commentary on Psalm 19 refers to the Christian god as the 'Great Architect' or 'Architect of the Universe'.”
Compilation referencing the ¨So as above so below¨ used as masonic handsigns
Find as at @AntiMasonry