Calvin: Theological Treatises

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J. K. Reid
Westminster John Knox Press, Aug 1, 2000 - Religion - 355 pages

Here 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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Contents

THE CATECHISM OF THE CHURCH OF GENEVA 1545
13
SHORT TREATISE ON THE LORDS SUPPER 1541
19
THE GENEVAN CONFESSION 1536
25
THE LAUSANNE ARTICLES 1536 AND TWO DISCOURSES
38
ARTICLES CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH
47
DRAFT ECCLESIASTICAL ORDINANCES 1541
58
253545
65
THE ORDINANCES FOR THE SUPERVISION OF CHURCHES
76
Introduction
167
ARTICLES CONCERNING PREDESTINATION
178
THE CLEAR EXPLANATION OF SOUND DOCTRINE CONCERNING
257
BRIEF REPLY IN REFUTATION OF THE CALUMNIES OF
331
BIBLIOGRAPHY
344
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About the author (2000)

J. K. S. Reid was a minister and theologian. He was Professor of Church Dogmatics at the University of Aberdeen.

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