{"id":93173,"date":"2025-08-14T12:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=93173"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:44:13","slug":"pray-for-the-dead-calvin-says-no-bible-says-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2025\/08\/pray-for-the-dead-calvin-says-no-bible-says-yes.html","title":{"rendered":"Pray for the Dead? Calvin says NO, Bible says YES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Summary<\/em>: John Calvin absurdly claimed that there wasn\u2019t a single \u201csyllable\u201d in the Bible about prayer for the dead. But I produced seven major passages, and three more related ones.<\/p>\n