John Calvin: A Biography

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Presbyterian Publishing Corp, 2007 M01 1 - 224 páginas

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 definitive biography brings this crucially important reformer and his world to life for readers.

 

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Preface
7
Childhood and youth
21
Orléans and Bourges
30
3
37
Its character
53
Genevan trials
73
Church authority
80
The French minister in Strasbourg
91
The Genevan church settlement
108
Opposition to a godly society
124
Defeat into security
146
Caring for the churches
165
Christ is gain in dying
184
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212
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218
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T. H. L. Parker was Reader in Theology at the University of Durham in England.

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