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Institutes of the Christian Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)

Jean Calvin · Public domain text

324,643 words · about 22 h 44 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Jean Calvin (1509–1564)
Language
English
Subjects
Theology, Doctrinal › Early works to 1800, Reformed Church › Doctrines › Early works to 1800
Length
324,643 words · about 22 h 44 min
Sections
36 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (36)
  1. Opening about 21 min
  2. Dedication about 41 min
  3. I. ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR about 2 min
  4. I. The Connection Between The Knowledge Of God And The Knowledge Of Ourselves about 4 min
  5. II. The Nature And Tendency Of The Knowledge Of God about 5 min
  6. III. The Human Mind Naturally Endued With The Knowledge Of God about 5 min
  7. IV. This Knowledge Extinguished Or Corrupted, Partly By Ignorance, Partly By Wickedness about 7 min
  8. V. The Knowledge Of God Conspicuous In The Formation And Continual Government Of The World about 45 min
  9. VIII. Rational Proofs To Establish The Belief Of The Scripture about 59 min
  10. XII. God Contradistinguished From Idols, That He May Be Solely And Supremely Worshipped about 2 h 43 min
  11. XVII. The Proper Application Of This Doctrine To Render It Useful To Us about 2 h 9 min
  12. III. Every Thing That Proceeds From The Corrupt Nature Of Man Worthy Of Condemnation about 37 min
  13. IV. The Operation Of God In The Hearts Of Men about 12 min
  14. V. A Refutation Of The Objections Commonly Urged In Support Of Free Will about 43 min
  15. VI. Redemption For Lost Man To Be Sought In Christ about 13 min
  16. VII. The Law Given, Not To Confine The Ancient People To Itself, But To Encourage Their Hope Of Salvation In Christ, Till The Time Of His Coming about 33 min
  17. VIII. An Exposition Of The Moral Law about 1 h 42 min
  18. IX. Christ, Though Known To The Jews Under The Law, Yet Clearly Revealed Only In The Gospel about 10 min
  19. X. The Similarity Of The Old And New Testaments about 38 min
  20. XI. The Difference Of The Two Testaments about 27 min
  21. XII. The Necessity Of Christ Becoming Man In Order To Fulfil The Office Of Mediator about 19 min
  22. XIII. Christ’s Assumption Of Real Humanity about 13 min
  23. XIV. The Union Of The Two Natures Constituting The Person Of The Mediator about 1 h 21 min
  24. XVII. Christ Truly And Properly Said To Have Merited The Grace Of God And Salvation For Us about 23 min
  25. II. Faith Defined, And Its Properties Described about 1 h 29 min
  26. III. On Repentance about 50 min
  27. IV. The Sophistry And Jargon Of The Schools Concerning Repentance, Very Remote From The Purity Of The Gospel. On Confession And Satisfaction about 1 h 21 min
  28. V. Indulgences And Purgatory. The Supplements To Their Doctrine Of Satisfactions about 25 min
  29. VI. The Life Of A Christian. Scriptural Arguments And Exhortations To It about 9 min
  30. VII. Summary Of The Christian Life. Self‐Denial about 22 min
  31. VIII. Bearing The Cross, Which Is A Branch Of Self‐Denial about 18 min
  32. IX. Meditation On The Future Life about 13 min
  33. X. The Right Use Of The Present Life And Its Supports about 10 min
  34. XI. Justification By Faith. The Name And Thing Defined about 50 min
  35. XII. A Consideration Of The Divine Tribunal, Necessary To A Serious Conviction Of Gratuitous Justification about 16 min
  36. XIII. Two Things Necessary To Be Observed In Gratuitous Justification about 51 min

The opening of Dedication

To His Most Christian Majesty, FRANCIS, King of the French, and his Sovereign, John Calvin wisheth peace and salvation in Christ.

When I began this work, Sire, nothing was further from my thoughts than writing a book which would afterwards be presented to your Majesty. My intention was only to lay down some elementary principles, by which inquirers on the subject of religion might be instructed in the nature of true piety. And this labour I undertook chiefly for my countrymen, the French, of whom I apprehended multitudes to be hungering and thirsting after Christ, but saw very few possessing any real knowledge of him. That this was my design, the book itself proves by its simple method and unadorned composition.

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