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Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 1

by Jean Calvin

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  1. 1Advertisement
  2. 2The Translator’s Preface
  3. 3The Author’s Preface to an Edition Published in the Year 1559, With…
  4. 4Dedication
  5. 5General Syllabus
  6. 6Book I | On the Knowledge of God the Creator
  7. 7Chapter I — The Connection Between the Knowledge of God and the Kno…
  8. 8Chapter II — The Nature and Tendency of the Knowledge of God
  9. 9Chapter III — The Human Mind Naturally Endued With the Knowledge of…
  10. 10Chapter IV — This Knowledge Extinguished or Corrupted, Partly by Ig…
  11. 11Chapter V — The Knowledge of God Conspicuous in the Formation and C…
  12. 12Chapter VI — The Guidance and Teaching of the Scripture Necessary t…
  13. 13Chapter VIII — Rational Proofs to Establish the Belief of the Scrip…
  14. 14Chapter IX — The Fanaticism Which Discards the Scripture, Under the…
  15. 15Chapter X — All Idolatrous Worship Discountenanced in the Scripture…
  16. 16Chapter XI — Unlawfulness of Ascribing to God A Visible Form. All I…
  17. 17Chapter XII — God Contradistinguished From Idols, That He May Be So…
  18. 18Chapter XIII — One Divine Essence, Containing Three Persons; Taught…
  19. 19Chapter XIV — The True God Clearly Distinguished in the Scripture F…
  20. 20Chapter XV — The State of Man at His Creation, the Faculties of the…
  21. 21Chapter XVI — God’s Preservation and Support of the World by His Po…
  22. 22Chapter XVII — The Proper Application of This Doctrine to Render It…
  23. 23Chapter XVIII — God Uses the Agency of the Impious, and Inclines Th…
  24. 24Book II | On the Knowledge of God the Redeemer in Christ, Which Was…
  25. 25Chapter I — The Fall and Defection of Adam the Cause of the Curse I…
  26. 26Chapter II — Man, in His Present State, Despoiled of Freedom of Wil…
  27. 27Chapter III — Every Thing That Proceeds From the Corrupt Nature of…
  28. 28Chapter IV — The Operation of God in the Hearts of Men
  29. 29Chapter V — A Refutation of the Objections Commonly Urged in Suppor…
  30. 30Chapter VI — Redemption for Lost Man to Be Sought in Christ
  31. 31Chapter VII — The Law Given, Not to Confine the Ancient People to I…
  32. 32Chapter VIII — An Exposition of the Moral Law
  33. 33Chapter IX — Christ, Though Known to the Jews Under the Law, Yet Cl…
  34. 34Chapter X — The Similarity of the Old and New Testaments
  35. 35Chapter XI — The Difference of the Two Testaments
  36. 36Chapter XII — The Necessity of Christ Becoming Man in Order to Fulf…
  37. 37Chapter XIII — Christ’s Assumption of Real Humanity
  38. 38Chapter XIV — The Union of the Two Natures Constituting the Person…
  39. 39Chapter XV — The Consideration of Christ’s Three Offices, Prophetic…
  40. 40Chapter XVI — Christ’s Execution of the Office of a Redeemer to Pro…
  41. 41Chapter XVII — Christ Truly and Properly Said to Have Merited the G…
  42. 42Book III | On the Manner of Receiving the Grace of Christ, the Bene…
  43. 43Chapter I — What Is Declared Concerning Christ Rendered Profitable…
  44. 44Chapter II — Faith Defined, and Its Properties Described
  45. 45Chapter III — On Repentance
  46. 46Chapter IV — The Sophistry and Jargon of the Schools Concerning Rep…
  47. 47Chapter V — Indulgences and Purgatory. The Supplements to Their Doc…
  48. 48Chapter VI — The Life of a Christian. Scriptural Arguments and Exho…
  49. 49Chapter VII — Summary of the Christian Life. Self-Denial
  50. 50Chapter VIII — Bearing the Cross, Which Is a Branch of Self-Denial
  51. 51Chapter IX — Meditation on the Future Life
  52. 52Chapter X — The Right Use of the Present Life and Its Supports
  53. 53Chapter XI — Justification by Faith. The Name and Thing Defined
  54. 54Chapter XII — A Consideration of the Divine Tribunal, Necessary to…
  55. 55Chapter XIII — Two Things Necessary to Be Observed in Gratuitous Ju…

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