John Calvin

Author : Alister E. McGrath
Publisher : Blackwell Publishing
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993-10-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0631189475

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A Life of John Calvin by Alister E. McGrath Pdf

One of the best sources for understanding the impact of John Calvin, McGrath's work updates The History and Character of Calvinism by John T. McNeill with a fascinating biography that also explores Calvin's cultural importance.

Author : Bruce Gordon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400880508

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John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion by Bruce Gordon Pdf

An essential biography of the most important book of the Protestant Reformation John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion is a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology. First published in Latin in 1536 and in Calvin's native French in 1541, the Institutes argues for the majesty of God and for justification by faith alone. The book decisively shaped Calvinism as a major religious and intellectual force in Europe and throughout the world. Here, Bruce Gordon provides an essential biography of Calvin's influential and enduring theological masterpiece, tracing the diverse ways it has been read and interpreted from Calvin's time to today. Gordon explores the origins and character of the Institutes, looking closely at its theological and historical roots, and explaining how it evolved through numerous editions to become a complete summary of Reformation doctrine. He shows how the development of the book reflected the evolving thought of Calvin, who instilled in the work a restlessness that reflected his understanding of the Christian life as a journey to God. Following Calvin's death in 1564, the Institutes continued to be reprinted, reedited, and reworked through the centuries. Gordon describes how it has been used in radically different ways, such as in South Africa, where it was invoked both to defend and attack the horror of apartheid. He examines its vexed relationship with the historical Calvin—a figure both revered and despised—and charts its robust and contentious reception history, taking readers from the Puritans and Voltaire to YouTube, the novels of Marilynne Robinson, and to China and Africa, where the Institutes continues to find new audiences today.

Author : T. H. L. Parker
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780664231811

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John Calvin by T. H. L. Parker Pdf

John Calvin was one of the most important leaders of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. In this revision of his major biography, T. H. L. Parker explores Calvin's achievement against the backdrop of the turbulent times in which he lived. With clear and concise explanations of Calvin's theology, analyses of his major works, and insights into his preaching, this definitive biography brings this crucially important reformer and his world to life for readers.

Author : Jean Calvin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020083031

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Letters of John Calvin by Jean Calvin Pdf

Author : W. Robert Godfrey
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781433521508

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John Calvin by W. Robert Godfrey Pdf

An introduction to the essential life and thought of one of history's most influential theologians, who considered himself first and foremost a pilgrim and a pastor. July 10, 2009, marks the five-hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. As controversial as he was influential, his critics have named a judgmental and joyless attitude after him, while his admirers celebrate him as the principal theologian of Reformed Christianity. Yet his impact is unmistakable-a primary developer of western civilization whose life and work have deeply affected five centuries' worth of pastors, scholars, and individuals. What will surprise the readers of this book, however, is that Calvin did not live primarily to influence future generations. Rather, he considered himself first and foremost a spiritual pilgrim and a minister of the Word in the church of his day. It was from that "essential" Calvin that all his influence flowed. Here is an introduction to Calvin's life and thought and essence: a man who moved people not through the power of personality but through passion for the Word, a man who sought to serve the gospel in the most humble of roles.

Author : Burk Parsons
Publisher : Reformation Trust Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1567697410

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JOHN CALVIN by Burk Parsons Pdf

In celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of John Calvins birth (2009), Burk Parsons, editor of Tabletalk magazine and associate minister at St. Andrews in Sanford, Fla., has brought together an impressive group of pastors and scholars to reconsider Calvins life and legacy. Contributors include Jay Adams, Eric Alexander Thabiti Anyabwile, Joel Beeke, Jerry Bridges, Sinclair Ferguson, Robert Godfrey, D. G. Hart, Michael Horton, Phillip R. Johnson, Steven Lawson, John MacArthur, Keith Mathison, Richard Phillips, Harry Reeder, Philip Graham Ryken, Derek Thomas, Thomas Ascol, and others.

Author : Derek Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Calvinism
ISBN : 1433512831

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John Calvin by Derek Thomas Pdf

Author : Randall C. Zachman
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780801035975

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John Calvin and Roman Catholicism by Randall C. Zachman Pdf

Protestant and Catholic scholars examine the relationship of John Calvin to Roman Catholicism, offering historical essays on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century interactions and contemporary assessments.

Author : Karl Barth
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1995-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802806961

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Theology of John Calvin by Karl Barth Pdf

This historically significant volume collects Karl Barth's lectures on John Calvin, delivered at the University of Göttingen in 1922. The book opens with an illuminating sketch of medieval theology, an appreciation of Luther's breakthrough, and a comparative study of the roles of Zwingli and Calvin. The main body of the work consists of an increasingly sympathetic, and at times amusing, account of Calvin's life up to his recall to Geneva. In the process, Barth examines and evaluates the early theological writings of Calvin, especially the first edition of the Institutes.

Author : Richard A. Muller
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441242549

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Calvin and the Reformed Tradition by Richard A. Muller Pdf

Richard Muller, a world-class scholar of the Reformation era, examines the relationship of Calvin's theology to the Reformed tradition, indicating Calvin's place in the tradition as one of several significant second-generation formulators. Muller argues that the Reformed tradition is a diverse and variegated movement not suitably described either as founded solely on the thought of John Calvin or as a reaction to or deviation from Calvin, thereby setting aside the old "Calvin and the Calvinists" approach in favor of a more integral and representative perspective. Muller offers historical corrective and nuance on topics of current interest in Reformed theology, such as limited atonement/universalism, union with Christ, and the order of salvation.

Author : Charles Partee
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664231194

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The Theology of John Calvin by Charles Partee Pdf

The theology of John Calvin (1509-1564) was given classic expression in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559). In this definitive work, longtime Calvin expert Charles Partee offers a careful exposition of Calvins theology as it appears in the Institutes, paying special attention to the relation of Calvins theology to the history of Christian thought and to the questions of Calvins own time. Partee also examines the development of later Calvinism and the adaptations of Calvins thought by his later followers. As Partee shows, Calvins theology provides a profound exposition of Christian faith and a magnificent resource for theology today.

Author : David W. Hall
Publisher : Calvin 500
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1596380853

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The Legacy of John Calvin by David W. Hall Pdf

David Hall identifies ten seminal ways that Calvin's thought transformed the culture of the West, complete with a nontechnical biography of Calvin and tributes by other leaders. The Legacy of John Calvin is brief enough for popular audiences and analytical enough to provide much information in a short space.

Author : B. A. Gerrish
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592440139

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Grace and Gratitude by B. A. Gerrish Pdf

This book is the first major study of Calvin's doctrine of the Lord's Supper in twenty-five years and the first attempt to show the eucharistic shape of Calvin's entire theology. The core of Calvin's doctrine of the Eucharist is the analogy of ÒfeedingÓ on Christ, the Bread of Life. This analogy, argues Gerrish, links Calvin's thoughts to the ÒHoly BanquetÓ with the rest of his theology. The systematic character of Calvin's theology rests in part on his consistent understanding of God as father and fountain of good and his conception of the gospel as the message of free adoption. The father's liberality in feeding his children and their answering gratitude (or lack of it) is a thread that runs through Calvin's entire summary of piety; creation, the work of Christ, baptism, and the Lord's Supper.

Author : Donald K. McKim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781107494688

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The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin by Donald K. McKim Pdf

John Calvin (1509–64) stands with Martin Luther (1483–1546) as the premier theologian of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. Calvin's thought spread throughout Europe to the New World and later throughout the whole world. His insights and influence continue to endure today, presenting a model of theological scholarship grounded in Scripture as well as providing nurture for Christian believers within churches across the globe. Dr Donald K. McKim gathers together an international array of major Calvin scholars to consider phases of Calvin's theological thought and influence. Historians and theologians meet to present a full picture of Calvin's contexts, the major themes in Calvin's writings, and the ways in which his thought spread and has increasing importance. Chapters serve as guides to their topics and provide further readings for additional study. This is an accessible introduction to this significant Protestant reformer and will appeal to the specialist and non-specialist alike.

Author : Bruce Gordon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300159813

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Calvin by Bruce Gordon Pdf

During the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a profound conversion to the faith of the Reformation. For the rest of his days he lived out the implications of that transformation—as exile, inspired reformer, and ultimately the dominant figure of the Protestant Reformation. Calvin's vision of the Christian religion has inspired many volumes of analysis, but this engaging biography examines a remarkable life. Bruce Gordon presents Calvin as a human being, a man at once brilliant, arrogant, charismatic, unforgiving, generous, and shrewd. The book explores with particular insight Calvin's self-conscious view of himself as prophet and apostle for his age and his struggle to tame a sense of his own superiority, perceived by others as arrogance. Gordon looks at Calvin's character, his maturing vision of God and humanity, his personal tragedies and failures, his extensive relationships with others, and the context within which he wrote and taught. What emerges is a man who devoted himself to the Church, inspiring and transforming the lives of others, especially those who suffered persecution for their religious beliefs.