John Calvin, the organiser of reformed Protestantism, 1509-1564.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Schocken Books [1969]Description: lxxvii, 456 p. 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973/.09/9 21
  • 209 C139z W154j
LOC classification:
  • BX9418 .W3 1969
Contents:
Fifty years of Calvin study / by John T. McNeill -- Calvin's spiritual antecedents -- Childhood and early student days, 1509-1527 -- Uncertainty as to his work in life, 1528-1533 -- Religious development and conversion, 1528-1533 -- Flight for safety in concealment and voluntary exile, 1533-1535 -- The "institutes," Italy, and arrival in Geneva, 1535-1536 -- Geneva till Calvin's coming -- Early work at Geneva, 1536-1538 -- In Strassburg, 1538-1541 -- Return to Geneva : its ecclesiastical constitution, 1541, 1542 -- Struggles and conflicts, 1542-1553 -- The tragedy of Servetus : Calvin's victory over his opponents, 1553-1557 -- Calvin crowns his Genevan work, 1559 -- Influence outside of Geneva -- Calvin's theology -- Last days : his personal traits and character, 1564.
Holdings
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Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 209 C139z W154j (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS000993067

Reprint of the 1906 ed., with a bibliographical essay by J.T. McNeill.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Fifty years of Calvin study / by John T. McNeill -- Calvin's spiritual antecedents -- Childhood and early student days, 1509-1527 -- Uncertainty as to his work in life, 1528-1533 -- Religious development and conversion, 1528-1533 -- Flight for safety in concealment and voluntary exile, 1533-1535 -- The "institutes," Italy, and arrival in Geneva, 1535-1536 -- Geneva till Calvin's coming -- Early work at Geneva, 1536-1538 -- In Strassburg, 1538-1541 -- Return to Geneva : its ecclesiastical constitution, 1541, 1542 -- Struggles and conflicts, 1542-1553 -- The tragedy of Servetus : Calvin's victory over his opponents, 1553-1557 -- Calvin crowns his Genevan work, 1559 -- Influence outside of Geneva -- Calvin's theology -- Last days : his personal traits and character, 1564.

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