The Teaching of Calvin

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Excerpt from The Teaching of Calvin: A Modern Interpretation The principal intention of this volume is to provide a discussion of the distinctive features of the doctrinal ecclesiastical and legislative system identified with Calvin, based not merely on his epoch-making work, the Christian Institutes, but on a comprehensive survey of his writings of all descriptions, commentaries, treatises, and especially letters, as well as of his practical achievements in the domain of civic politics. Those doctrines which he held in common with other Christian Churches have received only such attention as is necessary to show how they fit into the whole severely logical structure. Few people have so stamped their name upon the world as Calvin. It was not that he merely gave wide vogue to a system of ideas, he poured into the veins of multitudes a new spirit, inspired their hearts with a new religious passion, galvanised them into a new moral life, and started them in ardent pursuit of new ideals. Already in his own day the theological and ecclesiastical system with which he was identified had received the distinctive name of Calvinism. By dint of a red-hot propagandism inspired by the fiercest absolute conviction of the truth of what he taught and its fitness to provide a doctrinal basis for the whole Reformed world, he speedily gave currency to his views and ideas over a wide area of Europe. The map provided at the end of Professor Lindsay's History of the Reformation graphically presents the extent of their spread by 1580, only sixteen years after Calvin's death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.