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John Calvin (1509-1564) remains the largest and most influential name in the Reformed tradition. His theology has impacted the church for centuries. In his Genevan Catechism, Calvin's theology is at its most distilled and simplified. Covering the Apostle's Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Sacraments, John Calvin's Genevan Catechism covers the full scope of the Christian life. This modernized publication hopes to increase its popularity and usefulness.
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John Calvin's first catechism--originally written in French in 1537 and then in Latin in 1538--provides a valuable, clear, and concise introduction to his thought. Now for the first time, readers have available Ford Lewis Battles' English translation of the 1538 Latin edition and a current discussion of it in the same volume. This commentary on the first catechism also utilizes other sources such as Calvin's Commentaries and Institutes, as well as the latest Calvin research. This volume is an excellent introduction to Calvin's theology and will be useful as a text for college and seminary courses as well as church discussion groups. The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. This series examines theological and ethical issues that confront church and society in our own particular time and place.
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Examines the most successful institution of social discipline in Reformation Europe: the Consistory of Geneva during the time of John Calvin
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Excerpt from The Catechism of the Church of Geneva: Translated From the Latin This short paraphrase of Calvin's Epistle will show' his object, in composmg his Catechism that he de signed it to be a compendium of his religious opin ions and a standard, by which posterity might as certain, pvizat is Calvinism, and what is not. The purity of his Latin, and the symmetry of his doc trines, recommended it to the attention of the learn ed, and it was, in a short time, translated into the German, English, Rutch, Scotch, and Spanish lan guages into the Greek, by Henry Stephens, and, finally, into the Hebrew, by the learned Christian Jew', Emanuel Tremellz'us. Calvin himself pubhshed it in the French language, for the use of the Church of Geneva. This Catechism is the model after which all the subsequent Catechisms of the Reformation were formed and is an unyielding proof of the pro. Found understanding, correct judgment, and power ful talents of its author.' He so well arranged his subjects, and so correctly defined them, that, after the lapse of almost three centuries, his Catechism remains a model unimpaired and unrivalled.avo TE B F the tmjv'sm tor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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.