final Latin edition 1559 • Systematic theology
Institutes of the Christian Religion
John Calvin — Calvin’s major theological work, deeply influential in Reformed Protestantism.
Table of contents
/Title PageOpen section →/PrefacesOpen section →/Prefaces/PREFACE TO THE ELECTRONIC EDITION.Open section →/Prefaces/INTRODUCTIONOpen section →/Prefaces/THE PRINTERS TO THE READERS.Open section →/Prefaces/THE ORIGINAL TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.Open section →/Prefaces/PREFATORY ADDRESS TO HIS MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY, THE MOST MIGHTY AND ILLUSTRIOUS MONARCH, FRANCIS, KING OF THE FRENCH, HIS SOVEREIGNOpen section →/Prefaces/THE EPISTLE TO THE READEROpen section →/Prefaces/SUBJECT OF THE PRESENT WORKOpen section →/Prefaces/EPISTLE TO THE READER.Open section →/Prefaces/METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT,OR SUBJECT OF THE WHOLE WORK.Open section →/GENERAL INDEX OF CHAPTERS.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGIONOpen section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOROpen section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/ARGUMENT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 1. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF OURSELVES MUTUALLY CONNECTED. —NATURE OF THE CONNECTION.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 2. - WHAT IT IS TO KNOW GOD,—TENDENCY OF THIS KNOWLEDGE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 3. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD NATURALLY IMPLANTED IN THE HUMAN MIND.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 4. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD STIFLED OR CORRUPTED, IGNORANTLY OR MALICIOUSLY.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 5. - THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD CONSPICUOUS IN THE CREATION, AND CONTINUAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 6. - THE NEED OF SCRIPTURE, AS A GUIDE AND TEACHER, IN COMING TO GOD AS A CREATOROpen section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 7. - THE TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT NECESSARY TO GIVE FULL AUTHORITY TO SCRIPTURE. THE IMPIETY OF PRETENDING THAT THE CREDIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE DEPENDS ON THE JUDGMENT OF THE CHURCH.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 8. - THE CREDIBILITY OF SCRIPTURE SUFFICIENTLY PROVED IN SO FAR AS NATURAL REASON ADMITS.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 9. - ALL THE PRINCIPLES OF PIETY SUBVERTED BY FANATICS, WHO SUBSTITUTE REVELATIONS FOR SCRIPTURE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 10. - IN SCRIPTURE, THE TRUE GOD OPPOSED, EXCLUSIVELY, TO ALL THE GODS OF THE HEATHEN.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 11. - IMPIETY OF ATTRIBUTING A VISIBLE FORM TO GOD.—THE SETTING UP OF IDOLS A DEFECTION FROM THE TRUE GOD.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 12. - GOD DISTINGUISHED FROM IDOLS, THAT HE MAY BE THE EXCLUSIVE OBJECT OF WORSHIP.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 13. - THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE ESSENCE IN THREE PERSONS TAUGHT, IN SCRIPTURE, FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 14. - IN THE CREATION OF THE WORLD, AND ALL THINGS IN IT, THE TRUE GOD DISTINGUISHED BY CERTAIN MARKS FROM FICTITIOUS GODS.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 15. - STATE IN WHICH MAN WAS CREATED. THE FACULTIES OF THE SOUL—THE IMAGE OF GOD—FREE WILL—ORIGINAL RIGHTEOUSNESSOpen section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 16. - THE WORLD, CREATED BY GOD, STILL CHERISHED AND PROTECTED BY HIM. EACH AND ALL OF ITS PARTS GOVERNED BY HIS PROVIDENCE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 17. - USE TO BE MADE OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FIRST. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR/CHAPTER 18. - THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE WICKED EMPLOYED BY GOD, WHILE HE CONTINUES FREE FROM EVERY TAINTOpen section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./ARGUMENT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 1. - THROUGH THE FALL AND REVOLT OF ADAM, THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE MADE ACCURSED AND DEGENERATE. OF ORIGINAL SIN.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 2. - MAN NOW DEPRIVED OF FREEDOM OF WILL, AND MISERABLY ENSLAVED.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 3. - EVERY THING PROCEEDING FROM THE CORRUPT NATURE OF MAN DAMNABLE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 4. - HOW GOD WORKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 5. - THE ARGUMENTS USUALLY ALLEGED IN SUPPORT OF FREE WILL REFUTED.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 6. - REDEMPTION FOR MAN LOST TO BE SOUGHT IN CHRIST.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 7. - THE LAW GIVEN, NOT TO RETAIN A PEOPLE FOR ITSELF, BUT TO KEEP ALIVE THE HOPE OF SALVATION IN CHRIST UNTIL HIS ADVENT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 8. - EXPOSITION OF THE MORAL LAW.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 9. - CHRIST, THOUGH KNOWN TO THE JEWS UNDER THE LAW, YET ONLY MANIFESTED UNDER THE GOSPEL.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 10. - THE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 11. - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TESTAMENTS.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 12. - CHRIST, TO PERFORM THE OFFICE OF MEDIATOR, BEHOVED TO BECOME MAN.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 13. - CHRIST CLOTHED WITH THE TRUE SUBSTANCE OF HUMAN NATURE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 14. - HOW TWO NATURES CONSTITUTE THE PERSON OF THE MEDIATOR.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 15. - THREE THINGS BRIEFLY TO BE REGARDED IN CHRIST—VIZ. HIS OFFICES OF PROPHET, KING, AND PRIEST.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 16. - HOW CHRIST PERFORMED THE OFFICE OF REDEEMER IN PROCURING OUR SALVATION. THE DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK SECOND. - OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE REDEEMER, IN CHRIST, AS FIRST MANIFESTED TO THE FATHERS, UNDER THE LAW, AND THEREAFTER TO US UNDER THE GOSPEL./CHAPTER 17. - CHRIST RIGHTLY AND PROPERLY SAID TO HAVE MERITED GRACE AND SALVATION FOR US.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./ARGUMENT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 1. - THE BENEFITS OF CHRIST MADE AVAILABLE TO US BY THE SECRET OPERATION OF THE SPIRIT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 2. - OF FAITH. THE DEFINITION OF IT. ITS PECULIAR PROPERTIES.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 3. - REGENERATION BY FAITH. OF REPENTANCE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 4. - PENITENCE, AS EXPLAINED IN THE SOPHISTICAL JARGON OF THE SCHOOLMEN, WIDELY DIFFERENT FROM THE PURITY REQUIRED BY THE GOSPEL. OF CONFESSION AND SATISFACTION.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 5. - OF THE MODES OF SUPPLEMENTING SATISFACTION—VIZ. INDULGENCES AND PURGATORY.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 6. - THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN MAN. SCRIPTURAL ARGUMENTS EXHORTING TO IT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 7. - A SUMMARY OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. OF SELF-DENIAL.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 8. - OF BEARING THE CROSS—ONE BRANCH OF SELF-DENIAL.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 9. - OF MEDITATING ON THE FUTURE LIFE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 10. - HOW TO USE THE PRESENT LIFE, AND THE COMFORTS OF IT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 11. - OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. BOTH THE NAME AND THE REALITY DEFINED.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 12. - NECESSITY OF CONTEMPLATING THE JUDGMENT-SEAT OF GOD, IN ORDER TO BE SERIOUSLY CONVINCED OF THE DOCTRINE OF GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 13. - TWO THINGS TO BE OBSERVED IN GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 14. - THE BEGINNING OF JUSTIFICATION. IN WHAT SENSE PROGRESSIVE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 15. - THE BOASTED MERIT OF WORKS SUBVERSIVE BOTH OF THE GLORY OF GOD, IN BESTOWING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF THE CERTAINTY OF SALVATION.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 16. - REFUTATION OF THE CALUMNIES BY WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO THROW ODIUM ON THIS DOCTRINE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 17. - THE PROMISES OF THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL RECONCILED.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 18. - THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF WORKS IMPROPERLY INFERRED FROM REWARDS.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 19. - OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 20. - OF PRAYER—A PERPETUAL EXERCISE OF FAITH. THE DAILY BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 21. - OF THE ETERNAL ELECTION, BY WHICH GOD HAS PREDESTINATED SOME TO SALVATION, AND OTHERS TO DESTRUCTION.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 22. - THIS DOCTRINE CONFIRMED BY PROOFS FROM SCRIPTURE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 23. - REFUTATION OF THE CALUMNIES BY WHICH THIS DOCTRINE IS ALWAYS UNJUSTLY ASSAILED.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 24. - ELECTION CONFIRMED BY THE CALLING OF GOD. THE REPROBATE BRING UPON THEMSELVES THE RIGHTEOUS DESTRUCTION TO WHICH THEY ARE DOOMED.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK THIRD. - THE MODE OF OBTAINING THE GRACE OF CHRIST. THE BENEFITS IT CONFERS, AND THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM IT./CHAPTER 25. - OF THE LAST RESURRECTION.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCHOpen section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/ARGUMENT.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 1. - OF THE TRUE CHURCH. DUTY OF CULTIVATING UNITY WITH HER, AS THE MOTHER OF ALL THE GODLY.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 2. - COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FALSE CHURCH AND THE TRUE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 3. - OF THE TEACHERS AND MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH. THEIR ELECTION AND OFFICE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 4. - OF THE STATE OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH, AND THE MODE OF GOVERNMENT IN USE BEFORE THE PAPACY.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 5. - THE ANCIENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT UTTERLY CORRUPTED BY THE TYRANNY OF THE PAPACY.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 6. - OF THE PRIMACY OF THE ROMISH SEE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 7. - OF THE BEGINNING AND RISE OF THE ROMISH PAPACY, TILL IT ATTAINED A HEIGHT BY WHICH THE LIBERTY OF THE CHURCH WAS DESTROYED, AND ALL TRUE RULE OVERTHROWN.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 8. - OF THE POWER OF THE CHURCH IN ARTICLES OF FAITH. THE UNBRIDLED LICENCE OF THE PAPAL CHURCH IN DESTROYING PURITY OF DOCTRINE.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 9. - OF COUNCILS AND THEIR AUTHORITYOpen section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 10. - OF THE POWER OF MAKING LAWS. THE CRUELTY OF THE POPE AND HIS ADHERENTS, IN THIS RESPECT, IN TYRANNICALLY OPPRESSING AND DESTROYING SOULS.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 11. - OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHURCH, AND THE ABUSES OF IT, AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE PAPACY.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 12. - OF THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH, AND ITS PRINCIPAL USE IN CENSURES AND EXCOMMUNICATION.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 13. - OF VOWS. THE MISERABLE ENTANGLEMENTS CAUSED BY VOWING RASHLY.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 14. - OF THE SACRAMENTS.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 15. - OF BAPTISM.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 16. - PÆDOBAPTISM. ITS ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTION OF CHRIST, AND THE NATURE OF THE SIGN.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 17. - OF THE LORD’S SUPPER, AND THE BENEFITS CONFERRED BY ITOpen section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 18 - OF THE POPISH MASS. HOW IT NOT ONLY PROFANES, BUT ANNIHILATES THE LORD’S SUPPER.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 19. - OF THE FIVE SACRAMENTS, FALSELY SO CALLED. THEIR SPURIOUSNESS PROVED, AND THEIR TRUE CHARACTER EXPLAINED.Open section →/INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION/BOOK FOURTH. - OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH/CHAPTER 20. - OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT.Open section →/ONE HUNDRED APHORISMS,Open section →/ONE HUNDRED APHORISMS,/BOOK 1Open section →/ONE HUNDRED APHORISMS,/BOOK 2Open section →/ONE HUNDRED APHORISMS,/BOOK 3Open section →/ONE HUNDRED APHORISMS,/BOOK 4Open section →