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User Review - RyanMartin - LibraryThingJohn T McNeill's classic work presents a sympathetic and engaging account of early Reformers, including John Calvin, and then recounts the history of Calvin's heirs. Beginning with Zwingli, he traces ... Read full review
Contents
Part | 1 |
The Background of the Swiss Reformation | 3 |
Zwinglis Education and Early Pastorates | 18 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The History and Character of Calvinism Volume 190 of Libro de bolsillo: Gran bolsillo |
| Author | John Thomas McNeill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1970 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 3 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 470 pages |
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