Institutes Of Theology

Author : Bruce Gordon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400880505
Total Pages : 300 pages
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Download or read book John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion written by Bruce Gordon and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential biography of the most important book of the Protestant Reformation John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion is a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology. First published in Latin in 1536 and in Calvin's native French in 1541, the Institutes argues for the majesty of God and for justification by faith alone. The book decisively shaped Calvinism as a major religious and intellectual force in Europe and throughout the world. Here, Bruce Gordon provides an essential biography of Calvin's influential and enduring theological masterpiece, tracing the diverse ways it has been read and interpreted from Calvin's time to today. Gordon explores the origins and character of the Institutes, looking closely at its theological and historical roots, and explaining how it evolved through numerous editions to become a complete summary of Reformation doctrine. He shows how the development of the book reflected the evolving thought of Calvin, who instilled in the work a restlessness that reflected his understanding of the Christian life as a journey to God. Following Calvin's death in 1564, the Institutes continued to be reprinted, reedited, and reworked through the centuries. Gordon describes how it has been used in radically different ways, such as in South Africa, where it was invoked both to defend and attack the horror of apartheid. He examines its vexed relationship with the historical Calvin—a figure both revered and despised—and charts its robust and contentious reception history, taking readers from the Puritans and Voltaire to YouTube, the novels of Marilynne Robinson, and to China and Africa, where the Institutes continues to find new audiences today.

Author : John Calvin
Publisher : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780802884299
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 2 written by John Calvin and published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theologian par excellence of the Reformation, John Calvin is best known for his Institutes of the Christian Religion, written as a theological introduction to the Bible and a vindication of Reformation principles. After appearing in several editions beginning in 1536, Calvin's Institutes was finally published in this authoritative 1559 edition. Covering a broad range of theological topics from justification by faith alone to the absolute sovereignty of God, Institutes of the Christian Religion remains influential in the Western world and is still widely read by theological students today.

Author : Thomas Chalmers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 558 pages
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Download or read book Institutes of Theology written by Thomas Chalmers and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jean Calvin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 692 pages
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Download or read book Institutes of the Christian Religion written by Jean Calvin and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Chalmers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
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Download or read book Institutes of Theology [vol II]. written by Thomas Chalmers and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jean Calvin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 694 pages
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Download or read book Institutes of the Christian Religion written by Jean Calvin and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Calvin
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780802871626
Total Pages : 1312 pages
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Download or read book Institutes of the Christian Religion (Set of 2 volumes) written by John Calvin and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1959-05-01 with total page 1312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theologian par excellence of the Reformation, John Calvin is best known for his Institutes of the Christian Religion, written as a theological introduction to the Bible and a vindication of Reformation principles. After appearing in several editions beginning in 1536, Calvin s Institutes was finally published in this authoritative 1559 edition. Covering a broad range of theological topics from justification by faith alone to the absolute sovereignty of God, Institutes of the Christian Religion remains influential in the Western world and is still widely read by theological students today.

Author : John Calvin
Publisher : Pinnacle Press
ISBN 13 : 9781374989436
Total Pages : 580 pages
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Download or read book The Institutes of the Christian Religion; Volume 2 written by John Calvin and published by Pinnacle Press. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jean Calvin
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781514259290
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book The Institutes of the Christian Religion, Volume 1 written by Jean Calvin and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutes in its first form was not merely an exposition of Reformation doctrine; it proved the inspiration to a new form of Christian life for many. It is indebted to Martin Luther in the treatment of faith and sacraments, to Martin Bucer in what is said of divine will and predestination, and to the later scholastics for teaching involving unsuspected implications of freedom in the relation of church and state. The book is prefaced by a letter to Francis I. As this letter shows, Institutes was composed, or at least completed, to meet a present necessity, to correct an aspersion on Calvin's fellow reformers. The French king, wishing to suppress the Reformation at home, yet unwilling to alienate the reforming princes of Germany, had sought to confound the teachings of the French reformers with the attacks of Anabaptists on civil authority. "My reasons for publishing the Institutes," Calvin wrote in 1557, "were first that I might vindicate from unjust affront my brethren whose death was precious in the sight of the Lord, and next that some sorrow and anxiety should move foreign people, since the same sufferings threaten many." "The hinges on which our controversy turns," says Calvin in his letter to the king, "are that the Church may exist without any apparent form" and that its marks are "pure preaching of the word of God and rightful administration of the sacraments." The opening chapter of the Institutes is perhaps the best known, in which Calvin presents the basic plan of the book. There are two general subjects to be examined: the creator and his creatures. Above all, the book concerns the knowledge of God the Creator, but "as it is in the creation of man that the divine perfections are best displayed," there is also an examination of what can be known about humankind. After all, it is mankind's knowledge of God and of what He requires of his creatures that is the primary issue of concern for a book of theology. In the first chapter, these two issues are considered together to show what God has to do with mankind (and other creatures) and, especially, how knowing God is connected with human knowledge.

Author : Richard Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 692 pages
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Download or read book Theological Institutes written by Richard Watson and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: