| Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 1 of 2 Contributor(s): Calvin, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1589603168 ISBN-13: 9781589603165 Publisher: Sovereign Grace Publishers OUR PRICE: $44.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: The translator has done a truly excellent job of putting Calvin's work into a very readable English format. If you have ever wanted to read Calvin, here is your chance. Frankly, one might compare the study of Calvin to the opportunity to either sit with Christ on the mount or later to hear Matthew retell the story. Why go to a secondary source when Calvin is so easy to understand and so readily available in this edition? These pages bring Calvin right into your living room, where you learn the reformed faith first hand.To sum it up: Pastor, student, or layman, if you don't have this work in your study collection, such a collection is incomplete.Complete enough to suit the demands of the scholar, written so the average layman can understand, here is John Calvin. This is a terrific tool in understanding our Reformed faith from the very father of the reformation that led to the Presbyterian Church. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Calvinist - Religion | Christian Theology - History |
| Dewey: 284.2 |
| Physical Information: 1.77" H x 6.29" W x 9.29" (2.34 lbs) 616 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Theometrics - Reformed - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The translator has done a truly excellent job of putting Calvin's work into a very readable English format. If you have ever wanted to read Calvin, here is your chance. Frankly, one might compare the study of Calvin to the opportunity to either sit with Christ on the mount or later to hear Matthew retell the story. Why go to a secondary source when Calvin is so easy to understand and so readily available in this edition? These pages bring Calvin right into your living room, where you learn the reformed faith first hand. To sum it up: Pastor, student, or layman, if you don't have this work in your study collection, such a collection is incomplete. Complete enough to suit the demands of the scholar, written so the average layman can understand, here is John Calvin. This is a terrific tool in understanding our Reformed faith from the very father of the reformation that led to the Presbyterian Church. |