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John Calvin (1509–1564)

Autore di Istituzione della religione cristiana

790+ opere 30,410 membri 127 recensioni 63 preferito

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Born Jean Cauvin in Noyon, Picardy, France, John Calvin was only a boy when Martin Luther first raised his challenge concerning indulgences. Calvin was enrolled at the age of 14 at the University of Paris, where he received preliminary training in theology and became an elegant Latinist. However, mostra altro following the dictates of his father, he left Paris at the age of 19 and went to study law, first at Orleans, then at Bourges, in both of which centers the ideas of Luther were already creating a stir. On his father's death, Calvin returned to Paris, began to study Greek, the language of the New Testament, and decided to devote his life to scholarship. In 1532 he published a commentary on Seneca's De Clementia, but the following year, after experiencing what was considered a sudden conversion, he was forced to flee Paris for his religious views. The next year was given to the study of Hebrew in Basel and to writing the first version of his famous Institutes of the Christian Religion, which he gave to the printer in 1535. The rest of his life-except for a forced exile of three years-he spent in Geneva, where he became chief pastor, without ever being ordained. When he died, the city was solidly on his side, having almost become what one critic called a "theocracy." By then the fourth and much-revised edition of his Institutes had been published in Latin and French, commentaries had appeared on almost the whole Bible, treatises had been written on the Lord's Supper, on the Anabaptists, and on secret Protestants under persecution in France. Thousands of refugees had come to Geneva, and the city-energized by religious fervor-had found room and work for them. Though Calvin was sometimes bitter in his denunciation of those who disagreed with him, intolerant of other points of view, and absolutely sure he was right on the matter of predestination, he was nonetheless one of the great expounders of the faith. From his work the Reformed tradition had its genesis, and from his genius continues to refresh itself. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Opere di John Calvin

A Reformation Debate (1966) 552 copie
Genesis (1965) 494 copie
Sermons on Ephesians (1973) 325 copie
John (1994) 267 copie
Theological Treatises (1867) 240 copie
On God and Political Duty (1950) 215 copie
Sermons From Job (1952) 212 copie
Instruction in Faith (1537) (1537) 171 copie
Sermons on Galatians (1995) 170 copie
Hebrews and I and II Peter (1960) 169 copie
Biblical Christianity (1982) 158 copie
Sermons on the Beatitudes (2006) 157 copie
Sermons on Genesis1:11 (2009) 120 copie
Sermons On Titus (2015) 100 copie
Commentary on The Psalms (1773) 95 copie
Songs Of The Nativity (2008) 87 copie
Ezekiel I (1880) 82 copie
Daniel I (Chapters 1-6) (1853) 78 copie
Concerning scandals (1978) 74 copie
Sermons on 1 Timothy (2018) 74 copie
The Mystery of Godliness (1950) 74 copie
Faith Unfeigned (2010) 61 copie
The Christian Life (1984) 61 copie
Sermons on 2 Timothy (2018) 59 copie
Sermons on Psalm 119 (1996) 58 copie
A Treatise on Relics (2000) 43 copie
The Best of John Calvin (1981) 38 copie
John (Volume 5) 29 copie
Thine Is My Heart (1958) 27 copie
Calvin on Self-Denial (2013) 23 copie
Devotions and Prayers of John Calvin (1954) — Autore — 21 copie
Of Prayer (2007) 14 copie
The Doctrine of Election (2022) 14 copie
Oeuvres (1905) 13 copie
Justification By Faith (2018) 12 copie
Oeuvres choisies (1995) 7 copie
Calvin on the Mediator (2013) 6 copie
Three French treatises (1970) 6 copie
Comentario Sobre Jonás (2007) 4 copie
Commentary on Ephesians (2004) 4 copie
JOÃO CALVINO (2017) 4 copie
Commentary on Exodus (2013) 4 copie
John Calvin's Tracts and Treatises 3 Volumes (1958) — Autore — 3 copie
De handzame Calvijn (2004) 3 copie
Cartas De Joao Calvino (2000) 3 copie
Commentary on Leviticus (2013) 3 copie
Sulle reliquie (2010) 3 copie
Trois libelles anonymes (2006) 2 copie
Sermons 2 copie
Calvino 2 copie
Sermones sobre Efesios (2011) 2 copie
DANIEL 2 copie
Psychopannychia (2013) 2 copie
Commentary on Jude (2012) 2 copie
James (2019) 2 copie
De Christelijke Vrijheid (2013) 2 copie
Calvino: Una Antologia (1971) 1 copia
Anges, diables et peches (1997) 1 copia
Providence 1 copia
Hosea 1 copia
Hiob 1 copia
Letters of John Calvin — Autore — 1 copia
John 12-21 1 copia
Faith (2019) 1 copia

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Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books (1909) — Collaboratore — 520 copie
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus: Experiencing the Peace and Promise of Christmas (2008) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni437 copie
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross: Experiencing the Passion and Power of Easter (2009) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni328 copie
Calvin: Commentaries (Library of Christian Classics) (1958) — Autore, alcune edizioni171 copie
A Calvin Treasury (1961) — Autore, alcune edizioni80 copie
Puritanism and Liberty (1938) — Collaboratore — 54 copie
The Five Points of Calvinism (1969) — Autore, alcune edizioni53 copie
What Calvin Says (1992) — Autore, alcune edizioni42 copie
Letters of John Calvin V2 (2006) — Autore, alcune edizioni6 copie

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Calvin's 500th in Reformed Theology (Ottobre 2012)
Reading the Institutes in Reformed Theology (Dicembre 2010)

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Outstanding little book. One of the most dense reads I've experienced in quite a while, yet still fully accessible to laymen. I would wholeheartedly recommend this to every single Christian I know and don't know.
 
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jfranzone | 5 altre recensioni | Feb 14, 2024 |
I find Calvin's Commentaries to be excellent for personal study and reflection, a valuable source for sermon preparation~ to have my mind stimulated, enhanced clarity to my studies, meditations and reflection.
It is the coming to both the wine press, where the juice is pressed from the ripened fruit of the vine, and to the cellar where we are refreshed by the fermented and matured libation with richness in color, layers of depth, the delicious savoring, and enjoyment that which will make the heart glad and the soul refreshed, nourished and healthy.… (altro)
 
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rbcarver | 16 altre recensioni | Dec 13, 2023 |
I find Calvin's Commentaries to be excellent for personal study and reflection, a valuable source for sermon preparation~ to have my mind stimulated, enhanced clarity to my studies, meditations and reflection.
It is the coming to both the wine press, where the juice is pressed from the ripened fruit of the vine, and to the cellar where we are refreshed by the fermented and matured libation with richness in color, layers of depth, the delicious savoring, and enjoyment that which will make the heart glad and the soul refreshed, nourished and healthy.… (altro)
 
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rbcarver | 16 altre recensioni | Dec 13, 2023 |
I find Calvin's Commentaries to be excellent for personal study and reflection, a valuable source for sermon preparation~ to have my mind stimulated, enhanced clarity to my studies, meditations and reflection.
It is the coming to both the wine press, where the juice is pressed from the ripened fruit of the vine, and to the cellar where we are refreshed by the fermented and matured libation with richness in color, layers of depth, the delicious savoring, and enjoyment that which will make the heart glad and the soul refreshed, nourished and healthy.… (altro)
 
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rbcarver | 16 altre recensioni | Dec 13, 2023 |

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790
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17
Utenti
30,410
Popolarità
#653
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½ 4.4
Recensioni
127
ISBN
935
Lingue
17
Preferito da
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