Institutes of the Christian Religion, Volume 1

What it's about

The systematic theology of the Reformation: the knowledge of God the Creator, of God the Redeemer in Christ, and of how grace is received. Calvin's final 1559 edition, in John Allen's translation, grouped by book.

Who it's for

- Readers of Reformed and Presbyterian tradition going to the source - Students of the Reformation - Anyone who wants Christian doctrine set out in order

What’s inside

1. Book I
   Chapter I. The Connection Between The Knowledge Of God And The Knowledge Of Ourselves.

   7 min
2. Chapter II. The Nature And Tendency Of The Knowledge Of God.

   5 min
3. Chapter III. The Human Mind Naturally Endued With The Knowledge Of God.

   5 min
4. Chapter IV. This Knowledge Extinguished Or Corrupted, Partly By Ignorance, Partly By Wickedness.

   7 min
5. Chapter V. The Knowledge Of God Conspicuous In The Formation And Continual Government Of The World.

   28 min
6. Chapter VI. The Guidance And Teaching Of The Scripture Necessary To Lead To The Knowledge Of God The Creator.

   8 min
7. Chapter VII. The Testimony Of The Spirit Necessary To Confirm The Scripture, In Order To The Complete Establishment Of Its Authority. The Suspension Of Its Authority On The Judgment Of The Church, An Impious Fiction.

   13 min
8. Chapter VIII. Rational Proofs To Establish The Belief Of The Scripture.

   20 min
9. Chapter IX. The Fanaticism Which Discards The Scripture, Under The Pretence Of Resorting To Immediate Revelations, Subversive Of Every Principle Of Piety.

   7 min
10. Chapter X. All Idolatrous Worship Discountenanced In The Scripture, By Its Exclusive Opposition Of The True God To All The Fictitious Deities Of The Heathen.

    6 min
11. Chapter XI. Unlawfulness Of Ascribing To God A Visible Form. All Idolatry A Defection From The True God.

    31 min
12. Chapter XII. God Contradistinguished From Idols, That He May Be Solely And Supremely Worshipped.

    7 min
13. Chapter XIII. One Divine Essence, Containing Three Persons; Taught In The Scriptures From The Beginning.

    74 min
14. Chapter XIV. The True God Clearly Distinguished In The Scripture From All Fictitious Ones By The Creation Of The World.

    43 min
15. Chapter XV. The State Of Man At His Creation, The Faculties Of The Soul, The Divine Image, Free Will, And The Original Purity Of His Nature.

    26 min
16. Chapter XVI. God’s Preservation And Support Of The World By His Power, And His Government Of Every Part Of It By His Providence.

    26 min
17. Chapter XVII. The Proper Application Of This Doctrine To Render It Useful To Us.

    36 min
18. Chapter XVIII. God Uses The Agency Of The Impious, And Inclines Their Minds To Execute His Judgments, Yet Without The Least Stain Of His Perfect Purity.

    18 min
19. Book II
    Chapter I. The Fall And Defection Of Adam The Cause Of The Curse Inflicted On All Mankind, And Of Their Degeneracy From Their Primitive Condition. The Doctrine Of Original Sin.

    25 min
20. Chapter II. Man, In His Present State, Despoiled Of Freedom Of Will, And Subjected To A Miserable Slavery.

    61 min
21. Chapter III. Every Thing That Proceeds From The Corrupt Nature Of Man Worthy Of Condemnation.

    40 min
22. Chapter IV. The Operation Of God In The Hearts Of Men.

    14 min
23. Chapter V. A Refutation Of The Objections Commonly Urged In Support Of Free Will.

    46 min
24. Chapter VI. Redemption For Lost Man To Be Sought In Christ.

    15 min

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