The Institutes Of The Christian Religion Volume 1

Author : Kirk Freeman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0805492003
Total Pages : 98 pages
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Download or read book Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion written by Kirk Freeman and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 1998 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume comparable in style to Cliff's Notes, here highlighting the key points from Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion.

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 : John T. McNeill
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664220280
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Calvin written by John T. McNeill and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian church. All previous editions--in Latin, French, German, and English--have been collated; references and notes have been verified, corrected, and expanded; and new bibliographies have been added.The translation preserves the rugged strength and vividness of Calvin's writing, but also conforms to modern English and renders heavy theological terms in simple language. The result is a translation that achieves a high degree of accuracy and at the same time is eminently readable. Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.

Author : John Calvin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983724902
Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book Institutes of the Christian Religion in Modern English, Book 1 written by John Calvin and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calvin's timeless classic is now available in modern English. Commentary boxes give historical background and explain difficult concepts. This book preserves the brilliant theology and beautiful language, while presenting it in a simple, easy-to-understand format. It's Calvin for Everyone!

Author : John Calvin
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3734040698
Total Pages : 794 pages
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Download or read book Institutes of the Christian Religion written by John Calvin and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin

Author : Jean 1509-1564 Calvin
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781371917531
Total Pages : 604 pages
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Download or read book INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RE written by Jean 1509-1564 Calvin and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 604 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. 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 : Jean Calvin
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1598561685
Total Pages : 1103 pages
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Download or read book Institutes of the Christian Religion written by Jean Calvin and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 1103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hendrickson offers a one-volume hardcover edition of one of Western Christianity's foundational works. Re-typeset into a clean and modern typeface, this edition is easy to read for the modern eye. This book will appeal to libraries, seminarians, pastors, and laypeople." Institutes of the Christian Religion" by John Calvin is an introduction to the Bible and a vindication of Reformation principles by one of the Reformation's finest scholars. At the age of twenty-six, Calvin published several revisions of his "Institutes of the Christian Religion, " a seminal work in Christian theology that altered the course of Western history and that is still read by theological students today. It was published in Latin in 1536 and in his native French in 1541, with the definitive editions appearing in 1559 (Latin) and in 1560 (French). The book was written as an introductory textbook on the Protestant faith for those with some learning already and covered a broad range of theological topics from the doctrines of church and sacraments to justification by faith alone. It vigorously attacked the teachings of those Calvin considered unorthodox, particularly Roman Catholicism, to which Calvin says he had been "strongly devoted" before his conversion to Protestantism. The over-arching theme of the book--and Calvin's greatest theological legacy--is the idea of God's total sovereignty, particularly in salvation and election.

Author : Jean Calvin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 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 1921 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: