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Font of pardon and new life : John Calvin and the efficacy of baptism / Lyle D. Bierma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bierma, Lyle D., author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in historical theology.
- Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baptism--Reformed Church.
- Baptism.
- Infant baptism--History--16th century.
- Infant baptism.
- Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
- Calvin, Jean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- 'Font of Pardon and New Life' is a study of the historical development of John Calvin's doctrine of baptism, both adult (or believer) baptism and infant baptism. In a chronological examination of Calvin's writings - his Institutes, commentaries on the Bible, catechisms, polemical treatises, and consensus documents - the book addresses the question of what, in Calvin's view, spiritually takes place in an individual when he or she is baptized, and it analyzes the impact of Calvin's baptismal doctrine on the major Reformed confessions and catechisms of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series
- Font of Pardon and New Life
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- Instrumentalist Interpretations
- Parallelist Interpretations
- Developmental Interpretations
- Prospectus
- 2. The 1536 Institutes
- The Sacraments in General
- Baptism
- Assessment
- 3. Works from Calvin's First Period in Geneva and the Strasbourg Interlude (1536-41)
- Catechism of 1537/1538
- 1539 Institutes
- Commentary on Romans (1540)
- 4. Works from Calvin's Second Period in Geneva to the Consensus Tigurinus (1541-48)
- Catechism of the Church of Geneva (1542/1545)
- The Form of Prayers (1542)
- 1543 Institutes
- Commentary on 1 Corinthians (1546)
- Acts of the Council of Trent: With the Antidote (1547)
- Commentary on Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians (1548)
- 5. The Consensus Tigurinus (1549)
- Articles 1-2, 5-19
- 6. Works from after the Consensus Tigurinus to Calvin's Death (1550-64)
- Commentaries on Titus, 1 Peter, Isaiah, and Acts (1550-54)
- Two Polemical Treatises against Westphal (1555, 1556)
- 1559 Institutes
- 7. Calvin and the Efficacy of Infant Baptism
- The 1536 Institutes
- First Period in Geneva and the Strasbourg Interlude (1536-41)
- Second Period in Geneva to the Consensus Tigurinus (1541-48)
- The Consensus Tigurinus to Calvin's Death (1549-64)
- The Consensus Tigurinus (1549)
- Commentaries of the Early 1550s
- Two Treatises against Westphal (1555, 1556)
- 8. Baptismal Efficacy in the Reformed Confessions: Calvin's Legacy
- French (Gallican) Confession of Faith (1559)
- Introduction
- Text and Analysis
- Scots Confession (1560)
- Belgic Confession (1561)
- Text and Analysis.
- Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
- Second Helvetic Confession (1566)
- Thirty-Nine Articles (1571)
- Westminster Standards (1646-47)
- 9. Baptismal Efficacy in Calvin's Theology: Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-755389-3
- 0-19-755388-5
- 0-19-755390-7
- OCLC:
- 1201693556
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