TY - BOOK AU - Hesselink,I.John AU - Calvin,Jean TI - Calvin's first catechism: a commentary : featuring Ford Lewis Battles' translation of the 1538 Catechism T2 - Columbia series in Reformed theology SN - 066422055X AV - BX9429.G4 H47 1997 U1 - ARCH YNDC 230.42 H587C 21 PY - 1997/// CY - Louisville, Ky. PB - Westminster John Knox Press KW - Calvin, Jean, KW - Reformed Church KW - Catechisms KW - History and criticism KW - English KW - fast KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Calvin's Catechism of 1538 --; Commentary; 1; Introduction; 2; True Religion and the Knowledge of God (Secs. 1-3); 3; Excursus: The Authority of Scripture -- The Inner Witness of the Spirit; 4; Our Plight apart from God (Secs. 4-7); 5; The Law of God and the Shape of the Christian Life (Secs. 8-11, 17); 6; Excursus: Christian Freedom (Sec. 31); 7; Election and Predestination (Sec. 13); 8; Faith (Secs. 12, 14-21); 9; The Apostles' Creed (Sec 20): Part I: "I Believe in God"; 10; The Apostles' Creed (Sec. 20): Part II: "And in Jesus Christ"; 11; Prayer (Secs. 22-25); 12; The Sacraments (Secs. 26-29): Baptism and the Lord's Supper; 13; The Nature and Marks of the Church (Secs. 30, 32); 14; The Magistracy and Civil Government (Sec. 33); App; Calvin, Theologian of the Holy Spirit ER -