The Christian Polity of John Calvin
The Christian Polity of John Calvin
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USDThis book explores the relationship between Calvin's thought about civil and ecclesiastical order and his own circumstances and activities. The early chapters argue that in his pre-Genevan writings, including the first edition of the Institution, Calvin's political thinking was entirely conventional; his subsequent thought and conduct were not an implementation of previously formulated ideas. Later chapters examine whether and to what extent Calvin developed a distinctive vision of the Christian polity as part of an overall conception of the Christian life.
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April 2011Adobe eBook Reader
9780511867552
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Table of Contents
- 1. The training of a lawgiver
- 2. The Institution: the first version
- 3. The first public ministry
- 4. Reconstruction
- 5. The Institution of 1543
- 6. Geneva and Calvin, 1541-64
- 7. The civil order of a Christian commonwealth
- 8. Political morality in the thought of Calvin
- 9. The laws and mores of a Christian commonwealth
- 10. Unfinished business: a speculative summary and PostScript.
