Calvin /
In this lucid and readable study, Michael Mullet explains the historical importance of a man and a movement whose influence are still felt in the modern world. The pamphlet locates John Calvin in the context of early 16th-century France and then charts his emergence as an influential theologian and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1989
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| Series: | Lancaster pamphlets.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In this lucid and readable study, Michael Mullet explains the historical importance of a man and a movement whose influence are still felt in the modern world. The pamphlet locates John Calvin in the context of early 16th-century France and then charts his emergence as an influential theologian and civic religious leader in the 'second generation' of reformers following Luther. After exploring the main lines of Calvin's theology, set out in the Institutes, the central section deals with the difficult process by which his authority was imposed on, or accepted by, Geneva. Finally, the. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (68 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-68). |
| ISBN: | 0203129695 9780203129692 9780415000574 0415000572 1134989911 9781134989911 1280567244 9781280567247 9786610567249 6610567247 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
