John Calvin: a biography
Childhood and youth -- Child of the church -- Arts student -- Training in philosophy -- Orleans and Bourges -- The study of civil law -- Friends and relatives -- Bourges and a new start -- The first book -- Fugitive from injustice -- Christianae religionis institutio -- Its character and purpose --...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Louisville, Ky.
Westminster John Knox Press
2007
|
| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Edition: | [Rev. ed.] |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Calvin, Jean 1509-1564
|
| Further subjects: | B
Calvin, Jean 1509-1564
B Biography |
| Summary: | Childhood and youth -- Child of the church -- Arts student -- Training in philosophy -- Orleans and Bourges -- The study of civil law -- Friends and relatives -- Bourges and a new start -- The first book -- Fugitive from injustice -- Christianae religionis institutio -- Its character and purpose -- Law, faith, and prayer -- The sacraments -- Liberty -- Genevan trials -- An exile from home -- Sixteenth-century geneva -- Church authority -- Organization in theory and practice -- The French minister in Strasbourg -- Matters domestic and pastoral -- The new institutio -- The commentary on Romans -- Geneva changes its mind -- The Genevan Church settlement -- The ordinances -- The church at worship -- Calvin the preacher -- Opposition to a godly society -- The opposition Musters -- Calvin at home -- The institutioagain and New Testament commentaries -- The opposition grows -- The battle over discipline -- Defeat into security -- The trial and death of Servetus -- The fall of the Perrinists -- The university of Geneva -- Old Testament commentaries and the final institutio -- Caring for the churches -- The one body -- Letters private and public -- Outside Geneva -- Christ is gain in dying -- Arguments for re-dating |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 224 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-664-23181-1 0-664-23181-0 |
