A theological guide to Calvin's Institutes :

A theological guide to Calvin's Institutes : essays and analysis / edited by David W. Hall and Peter A. Lillback. - Phillipsburg, N.J. : P & R, c2008. - xvii, [508] p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The Calvin 500 series. . - Calvin 500 series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The historical context of the Institutes as a work in theology / A primal and simple knowledge (1.1-5) / Calvin's doctrine of Holy Scripture (1.6-10) / The true and triune God : Calvin's doctrine of the Holy Trinity (1.11-13) / Election and predestination : the sovereign expressions of God (3.21-24) / Creation and providence (1.14, 16-18) / A shattered vase : the tragedy of sin in Calvin's thought (1.15; 2.1-4) / Calvin's interpretation of the history of salvation : the continuity and discontinuity of the covenant (2.10-11) / The mediator of the covenant (2.12-15) / Calvin on Christ's saving work (2.16-17) / Justification and union with Christ (3.11-18) / Appropriating salvation : the Spirit, faith and assurance, and repentance (3.1-3, 6-10) / The law and the spirit of Christ (2.6-9) / Ethics : the Christian life and good works according to Calvin (3.6-10,17-19) / Prayer : "the chief exercise of faith" (3.20) / Calvin, worship, and the sacraments (4.13-19) / John Calvin's view of church government (4.3-9) / Calvin on human government and the state (4.20) / Calvin's doctrine of the last things : the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting (3.25 et al.) / William S. Barker -- K. Scott Oliphint -- Robert L. Reymond -- Douglas F. Kelly -- R. Scott Clark -- Joseph A. Pipa Jr. -- Michael S. Horton -- Peter A. Lillback -- Derek W.H. Thomas -- Robert A. Peterson -- Richard B. Gaffin Jr. -- Joel R. Beeke -- David Clyde Jones -- William Edgar -- David B. Calhoun -- W. Robert Godfrey -- Joseph H. Hall -- David W. Hall -- Cornelis P. Venema -- Richard C. Gamble, Zachary John Kail. Essential Calvin bibliography /

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Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564. Institutio Christianae religionis.


Reformed Church--Doctrines.
Theology, Doctrinal.

BX9420.I69 / T44 2008

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