Title:
John Calvin : a biography / T.H.L. Parker.
Author:
Parker, T. H. L. (Thomas Henry Louis)
Publication Information:
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, ©2006.
Call Number:
BX9418 .P344 2006
Abstract:
"John Calvin was one of the most important leaders of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. In this revision of his major biography, T.H.L. Parker explores Calvin's achievement against the backdrop of the turbulent times in which he lived. With clear and concise explanations of Calvin's theology, analyses of his major works, and insights into his preaching, this work brings this important reformer and his world to life for today's readers."--Jacket.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007014833.html
Edition:
[Rev. ed.].
ISBN:
9780664231811
Physical Description:
224 pages ; 23 cm
General Note:
Originally published: London : Dent, 1975.
Contents:
Childhood and youth. Child of the church ; Arts student ; Training in philosophy -- Orléans and Bourges. The study of civil law ; Friends and relatives ; Bourges and a new start ; The first book ; Fugitive from injustice -- Christianae religionis institutio. Its character and purpose ; Law, faith, and prayer ; The sacraments ; Liberty -- Genevan trials. An exile from home ; Sixteenth-century Geneva ; Church authority ; Organization in theory and practice -- The French minister in Strasbourg. Matters domestic and pastoral ; The new Institutio ; The commentary on Romans ; Geneva changes its mind -- The Genevan Church settlement. The Ordinances ; The church at worship ; Calvin the preacher -- Opposition to a godly society. The opposition musters ; Calvin at home ; The Institutio again and New Testament commentaries ; The opposition grows ; The battle over discipline -- Defeat into security. The trial and death of Servetus ; The fall of the Perrinists ; The university of Geneva ; Old Testament commentaries and the final Institutio -- Caring for the churches. The one body ; Letters private and public ; Outside Geneva -- Christ is gain in dying.́
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