John Calvin : a biography /

Parker, T. H. L.

John Calvin : a biography / - Revised edition - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, ©2007. - 224 pages. ; 23 cm.

Originally published: London : Dent, 1975.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-217) and index.

Childhood and youth. Child of the church ; Arts student ; Training in philosophy -- Orl�eans 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 --

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Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.

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