Issue 12. John Calvin: Reformer, Pastor, Theologian


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Summary
Predestination often overshadows the vast ministry of John Calvin to the people of Geneva. During his tenure, Geneva had no beggars, no lack of biblical preaching, and a solidly constructed relationship between church and state. His Institutes of the Christian Religion, the most intricate and comprehensive volume of systematic theology in his time, exhibited a mastery of Reformation doctrine and an intense love of the Scriptures. Learn more about this Protestant Church Father in yet another illuminating issue of Christian History & Biography.

Inside this issue you'll find:

  • The Life and Times of John Calvin
    As Shakespeare wrote, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." John Calvin was certainly not born great.
  • Also: Pastor of Geneva
    How Calvin was first and foremost a pastor.
  • Idelette:
    John Calvin's Search for the Right Wife
    You don't look to the life of John Calvin for humor, but Calvin's quest for a wife would make grist for a twentieth-century situation comedy.
  • The Principal Practice of Faith
    How Prayer Was Calvin's Key to Living Well
  • Also: Calvin and Missions
  • It Was Both "A Horrible Decree" and a "Very Sweet Fruit"
    Calvin on Predestination
  • Also: T.U.L.I.P.
  • John Calvin: One of the Fathers of Modern Democracy
    Calvin's approach to the relationship of church and state and how his thinking helped lay the groundwork for modern concepts of democracy.
  • Also: The Servetus Affair
  • From the Archives:
    • Calvin the Reluctant Recruit
    • To the Five Prisoners of Lyons
      "Offered to him in Sacrifice"
    • To Luther
    • Living As Christians
    • Selections from Confession of Faith
      Selections From Confession of Faith which all the citizens and inhabitants of Geneva and the subjects of the country must promise to keep and hold. (1536)
    • On the Advantages of an Inventory of Relics
    • The Gratuitous Love of God
  • Gallery of Calvin's Supporters and Opponents
    Departments
  • Did You Know?
  • From the Publisher
  • CH Timeline
  • Recommended Resources


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