Calvin: Theological TreatisesHere is a definative, readable translation of John Calvin's Theological Treatises. Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries. |
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... eternal death . If we are not indolent and stupid , this awful thought must be a kind of perpetual hell to vex and tor- ment us . For the judgment of God cannot occur to our recollec- tion without our seeing that our condemnation ...
... eternal death . If we are not indolent and stupid , this awful thought must be a kind of perpetual hell to vex and tor- ment us . For the judgment of God cannot occur to our recollec- tion without our seeing that our condemnation ...
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... eternal death . Upon the same decree depends the distinction between elect and reprobate : as he adopted some for himself for salvation , he destined others for eternal ruin . While the reprobate are the vessels of the just wrath of God ...
... eternal death . Upon the same decree depends the distinction between elect and reprobate : as he adopted some for himself for salvation , he destined others for eternal ruin . While the reprobate are the vessels of the just wrath of God ...
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... eternal blessedness , occupies about a third of your Letter , it can- not be necessary for me to dwell long in reply . For although commendation of the future and eternal life is a theme worthy to be sounded in our ears by day and by ...
... eternal blessedness , occupies about a third of your Letter , it can- not be necessary for me to dwell long in reply . For although commendation of the future and eternal life is a theme worthy to be sounded in our ears by day and by ...
Contents
THE CATECHISM OF THE CHURCH of Geneva 1545 | 13 |
SHORT TREATISE ON THE LORDS SUPPER 1541 | 19 |
THE GENEVAN CONFESSION 1536 | 25 |
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