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The writings of John Calvin : an introductory guide / Wulfert de Greef ; translated by Lyle D. Bierma.
Van Pelt Library BX9418 .G7413 2008
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- 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
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