The Life of John Calvin, "the Man of Geneva". For Young Persons
Author: Jean Calvin
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Published: 1864
Total Pages: 213
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Author: Jean Calvin
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Published: 1864
Total Pages: 213
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jean Calvin
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Published: 1864
Total Pages: 213
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Henry Dyer
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Published: 1850
Total Pages: 580
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hugh Young Reyburn
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 396
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alexandre Ganoczy
Publisher: T&T Clark
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 426
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis significant study explores the influences that shaped John Calvin up to the first edition of the Institutes. The author examines the tumultuous events that surrounded the young Calvin, the writers who shaped his thought, and questions concerning the nature of his conversion, his sense of call, and his views of the unity of the church. A historian thoroughly acquainted with both the primary and secondary literature, Ganoczy vividly re-creates the theological atmosphere of the early sixteenth century. Avoiding the polemics of a later era, he frames the issues in terms of Calvin's concern for the reform of the whole church.
Author: Bernard Cottret
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2003-05-22
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 0567530353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major new authoritative and comprehensive biography, shedding new light on the life and personality of the great Reformer - and the milieu in which he lived and worked. Cottret's Calvin is not the 'static' theologian of earlier biographies, but a man of enormous vigour, constantly on the move in his thinking as well as in his life. Professor Cottret introduces the reader to the world into which Calvin was born, and follows him from childhood to humanistic and literary pursuits in Basel, to ministry in Geneva, to the halcyon Strasbourg years and finally back to Geneva. The vital issues of the day are encountered as it were through Calvin's eyes, as the author leads the reader through the dramatic upheavals of sixteenth-century Europe. A classic biography which will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars for years to come. Praise for Calvin: 'A tour de force. . . Cottret has avoided the trap of painting a character who would have had, from the beginning, all of the traits of his later years, and endeavours to show how Calvin became Calvin. . . Brilliant.' --Le Monde 'This excellent book regards the French Reformer with new eyes. . . Cottret mixes seriousness and welcome humour. For the public interested in a history of Protestanism, this book is full of reflections of the spirit of the Reformation.' --Les Livres du Mois "Bernard Cottret is an accomplished and successful writer . . . He has an idiosyncratic style that mixes narrative and professional bon mots of a cold philosophical nature . . . Cottret is also the first of recent biographers [. . .] to make extensive use of Calvin's sermons, many of which languished unpublished until recently. Calvin had grave doubts about the publication of such works and thought them fit only for a local and transitory audience; but it is here, in this less guarded medium, that Calvin's skill as a teacher and expositor shines forth with greatest clarity." --English Historical Review
Author: Théodore de Bèze
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Published: 1836
Total Pages: 346
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hugh Young Reyburn
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Published: 2012-08-01
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781290452830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author: Elsie May Johnson
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780851512549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Herman J. Selderhuis
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2009-01-21
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0830829210
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProfessor and renowned Reformation historian Herman Selderhuis has written this book to bring Calvin near to the reader, showing him as a man who had an impressive impact on the development of the Western world, but who was first of all a believer who struggled with God and with the way God governed both the world and his own life.