칼뱅은 사순절이 미신이라고 말했다? 정말?!

종교개혁자인 칼뱅은 사순절을 미신이라고 비난했다... 

사순절이 비기독교적?이라고 주장하시는 분들이 주로 인용하는 근거 중의 하나입니다. 

그래서 기독교강요 4권 12장의 해당 부분을 찾아서 읽어봤습니다.

Then the superstitious observance of Lent had everywhere prevailed: for both the vulgar imagined that they thereby perform some excellent service to God, and pastors commended it as a holy imitation of Christ; though it is plain that Christ did not fast to set an example to others, but, by thus commencing the preaching of the gospel, meant to prove that his doctrine was not of men, but had come from heaven. 

이 내용만 보면, "the superstitious observance of lent"가 사순절의 미신적 준수처럼 읽힐 수도 있는 것 같습니다. 그러나, 해당 부분이 나오는 앞뒤의 맥락을 살펴보면, 칼뱅이 지적하는 것은 "사순절" 그 자체가 아니라 사순절을 "미신적으로 준수하는 것" 곧 과도한 금식에 대한 내용입니다. 

해당 문장의 앞뒤 내용은 모두 금식에 관한 것으로, 칼뱅은 금식이 잘못 지켜지고 있는 부분에 대해서 비판하고 있습니다. 즉, 칼뱅의 관점은 "사순절=미신"이라기보다는 "사순절의 과도한 금식=미신"이라는 취지인 것으로 보입니다...

맥락을 알고도 그냥 사순절=미신/비기독교적 이라는 주장을 하기 위해서 그런 것인지, 

아니면 맥락을 읽지 않고, 그냥 누군가가 칼뱅이 사순절은 미신이라고 말했다는 것을 그대로 재인용하고 있는 것인지, 

아니면, 사순절과 관련된 칼뱅의 다른 글이 있는지 궁금하네요....