Institutes of the Christian Religion

by Calvin, John

• ISBN13: 9781598561685
• ISBN10: 1598561685
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-30
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub

Summary

"Long regarded as the central theologian of the Protestant Reformation, John Calvin changed the course of the Christian church through one book: Institutes of the Christian Religion. Hendrickson Publishers here offers the classic English translation of this masterpiece, newly typeset and freshly designed for the modern reader, with all the citatioins, indexes, and other other helps updated."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Prefatory Address by John Calvin to Francis I, King of France (1636)
Epistle to the Reader (Calvin, 1539)
Subject of the Present Work (Calvin, 1545)
Epistle to the Reader (Calvin, 1559)
Method and Arrangement, or Subject of the Whole Work
Book First
Argument	p. 3
The Knowledge of God and of Ourselves Mutually Connected. Nature of the Connection	p. 4
What It Is to Know God - Tendency of This Knowledge	p. 7
The Knowledge of God Naturally Implanted in the Human Mind	p. 9
The Knowledge of God Stifled or Corrupted, Ignorantly or Maliciously	p. 12
The Knowledge of God Conspicuous in the Creation, and Continual Government of the World	p. 15
The Need of Scripture, as a Guide and Teacher, in Coming to God as a Creator	p. 26
The Testimony of the Spirit Necessary to Give Full Authority to Scripture. The Impiety of Pretending That the Credibility of Scripture Depends on the Judgment of the Church	p. 30
The Credibility of Scripture Sufficiently Proved, Insofar as Natural Reason Admits	p. 35
All the Principles of Piety Subverted by Fanatics,Who Substitute Revelations for Scripture	p. 43
In Scripture, the True God Opposed, Exclusively, to All the Gods of the Heathen	p. 46
Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God. The Setting Up of Idols a Defection from the True God	p. 49
God Distinguished from Idols, That He May Be the Exclusive Object of Worship	p. 61
The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons Taught, in Scripture, from the Foundation of the World	p. 64
In the Creation of the World, and All Things in It, the True God Distinguished by Certain Marks from Fictitious Gods	p. 89
State in Which Man Was Created. The Faculties of the Soul - the Image of God - Free Will - Original Righteousness	p. 103
The World, Created by God, Still Cherished and Protected by Him. Each and All of Its Parts Governed by His Providence	p. 113
Use to Be Made of the Doctrine of Providence	p. 122
The Instrumentality of the Wicked Employed by God,While He Continues Free from Every Taint	p. 135
Book Second
Argument	p. 145
Through the Fall and Revolt of Adam, the Whole Human Race Made Accursed and Degenerate. Of Original Sin	p. 146
Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved	p. 155
Everything Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable	p. 176
How God Works in the Hearts of Men	p. 190
The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted	p. 196
Redemption for Man Lost to Be Sought in Christ	p. 212
The Law Given, Not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep Alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ Until His Advent	p. 217
Exposition of the Moral Law	p. 229
Christ, Though Known to the Jews under the Law, Yet Only Manifested under the Gospel	p. 268
The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New	p. 272
The Difference Between the Two Testaments	p. 287
Christ, to Perform the Office of Mediator, Behooved to Become Man	p. 297
Christ Clothed with the True Substance of Human Nature	p. 304
How Two Natures Constitute the Person of the Mediator	p. 309
Three Things Briefly to Be Regarded in Christ - i.e., His Offices of Prophet, King, and Priest	p. 317
How Christ Performed the Office of Redeemer in Procuring Our Salvation. The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ	p. 323
Christ Rightly and Properly Said to Have Merited Grace and Salvation for Us	p. 339
Book Third
Argument	p. 347
The Benefits of Christ Made Available to Us by the Secret Operation of the Spirit	p. 348
Of Faith. The Definition of It. Its Peculiar Properties	p. 352
Regeneration by Faith Of Repentance	p. 384
Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel. Of Confession and Satisfaction	p. 403
Of the Modes of Supplementing Satisfaction, i.e., Indulgences and Purgatory	p. 434
The Life of a Christian Man. Scriptural Arguments Exhorting to It	p. 444
A Summary of the Christian Life. Of Self-Denial	p. 448
Of Bearing the Cross - One Branch of Self-Denial	p. 457
Of Meditating on the Future Life	p. 464
How to Use the Present Life, and the Comforts of It	p. 469
Of Justification by Faith. Both the Name and the Reality Defined	p. 473
Necessity of Contemplating the Judgment Seat of God, in Order to Be Seriously Convinced of the Doctrine of Gratuitous Justification	p. 492
Two Things to Be Observed in Gratuitous Justification	p. 498
The Beginning of Justification. In What Sense Progressive	p. 502
The Boasted Merit of Works Subversive Both of the Glory of God, in Bestowing Righteousness, and of the Certainty of Salvation	p. 516
Refutation of the Calumnies by Which It Is Attempted to Throw Odium on This Doctrine	p. 522
The Promises of the Law and the Gospel Reconciled	p. 526
The Righteousness of Works Improperly Inferred from Rewards	p. 539
Of Christian Liberty	p. 548
Of Prayer - A Perpetual Exercise of Faith. The Daily Benefits Derived from It	p. 559
Of the Eternal Election, by Which God Has Predestinated Some to Salvation, and Others to Destruction	p. 606
This Doctrine Confirmed by Proofs from Scripture	p. 614
Refutation of the Calumnies by Which This Doctrine Is Always Unjustly Assailed	p. 624
Election Confirmed by the Calling of God. The Reprobate Bring Upon Themselves the Righteous Destruction to Which They Are Doomed	p. 636
Of the Last Resurrection	p. 652
Book Fourth
Argument	p. 669
Of the True Church. Duty of Cultivating Unity with Her, as the Mother of All the Godly	p. 670
Comparison between the False Church and the True	p. 690
Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church. Their Election and Office	p. 699
Of the State of the Primitive Church and the Mode of Government in Use before the Papacy	p. 709
The Ancient Form of Government Utterly Corrupted by the Tyranny of the Papacy	p. 719
Of the Primacy of the Romish See	p. 731
Of the Beginning and Rise of the Romish Papacy, till It Attained a Height by Which the Liberty of the Church Was Destroyed, and All True Rule Overthrown	p. 741
Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith. The Unbridled License of the Papal Church in Destroying Purity of Doctrine	p. 760
Of Councils and Their Authority	p. 770
Of the Power of Making Laws. The Cruelty of the Pope and His Adherents, in This Respect, in Tyrannically Oppressing and Destroying Souls	p. 779
Of the Jurisdiction of the Church, and the Abuses of It, as Exemplified in the Papacy	p. 799
Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures and Excommunication	p. 811
Of Vows. The Miserable Entanglements Caused by Vowing Rashly	p. 827
Of the Sacraments	p. 842
Of Baptism	p. 858
Paedobaptism, Its Accordance with the Institution of Christ, and the Nature of the Sign	p. 871
Of the Lord s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It	p. 893
Of the Popish Mass. How It Not Only Profanes, but Annihilates the Lord s Supper	p. 933
Of the Five Sacraments, Falsely So Called. Their Spuriousness Proved, and Their True Character Explained	p. 946
Of Civil Government	p. 968
One Hundred Aphorisms: Containing within a Narrow Compass, the Substance and Order of the Four Books of the Institutes of the Christian Religion	p. 989
Indexes
Hebrew and Greek Word Index	p. 1004
About the Authors & Works Cited in Institutes	p. 1005
Authors &Works Cited Index	p. 1011
General Index	p. 1021
Scripture Index	p. 1046
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