The writings of John Calvin : an introductory guide / Wulfert de Greef ; translated by Lyle D. Bierma.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Greef, W. de (Wulfert), 1939-

Standardized Title:

• Johannes Calvijn. English

Language:

• Dutch
• English

Subjects (All):

• Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.

Physical Description:

xvii, 253 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

Edition:

Expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, [2008]

Language Note:

Translated from the Dutch.

Contents:

• 1 Overview of Calvin's Life 1
• Youth and Education up to Arrival in Geneva 1
• First Stay in Geneva (1536-38) 11
• Stay in Strasbourg (1538-41) 13
• Again in Geneva 24
• The Academy of Geneva 36
• Calvin's Relations with Others 39
• Calvin's Last Days 61
• 2 First Publications 64
• The Foreword to the Antapologia of Nicolas Duchemin (1531) 64
• Commentary on Seneca's De clementia (1532) 65
• Nicolas Cop's Academic Address (1533) 67
• 3 Calvin and the Bible 69
• Bible Translation 70
• Calvin's Commentaries 75
• Calvin's Lectures (Praelectiones) 90
• Calvin's Sermons 93
• Calvin's Contributions to the Weekly Bible Studies (Congregations) 101
• 4 Building Up the Church 105
• Fundamental Issues in Congregational Nurture 106
• Liturgical Structure of Public Worship 110
• Instruction of the Youth 116
• Special Assistance 118
• Confession of Faith: The Gallican Confession (1559) 128
• Church Order and Visitation 130
• 5 Debating with Roman Catholics 134
• Epistolae duae (1537) 134
• Religious Colloquy in Lausanne (1536) 136
• Correspondence with Louis du Tillet (1538) 137
• Responsio ad Sadoletum (1539) 137
• Religious Colloquies in Haguenau, Worms, and Regensburg 139
• Dispute against Abuses (Traite des reliques, 1543) 143
• Debating with Albertus Pighius 144
• Debating with the Sorbonne (1544) 146
• The Council of Trent and the Augsburg Interim 147
• 6 Debating with Other Movements and Individuals 151
• Anabaptists 151
• The Libertines 155
• Debating about Doctrinal Issues 158
• Debating with a Jew 169
• 7 Striving for Unity and the Ensuing Debate 171
• Confessio fidei de eucharistia (1537) 171
• Agreement with Bullinger and Zurich (Consensus Tigurinus of 1549) 172
• Debate with the Lutherans Westphal and Heshusius about the Consensus Tigurinus 178
• 8 The Institutes 182
• Institutes (1536) 182
• Institutes (1539) 186
• Institutes (1543 and 1545) 187
• Institutes (1550) 188
• Institutes (1559) 188
• 9 Miscellaneous Publications 190
• Calvin as Jurist 190
• Document about Ecclesiastical Goods (1545) 192
• Two Forewords by Calvin 193
• Congratulation to Gabriel de Saconay (1561) 194
• Debating with Francois Baudouin (1561-63) 195
• 10 Letters 197
• Correspondence with Lelio Sozzini 199
• Correspondence with Poland 201
• Letter to Menso Poppius 203
• Correspondence with the Ministers in Montbeliard 203
• Correspondence with England and Scotland 205
• Survey of Primary Sources 208
• Selected Bibliography of Secondary Literature 217
• Chronological Index of Calvin's Writings 233.

Notes:

• Translated from the Dutch.
• "Originally published as Johannes Calvijn: Zijn werk en geschriften, c1989 Uitgeverij De Groot Goudriann--Kampen Uitgeversmaatschappij J.H. Kok B.V."--T.p. verso.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-232) and indexes.

ISBN:

• 9780664232306
• 0664232302

OCLC:

213133299