The writings of John Calvin : an introductory guide /
Wulfert de Greef ; translated by Lyle D. Bierma.
- Expanded ed.
- Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, �2008.
- xvii, 253 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Translated from the Dutch. "Originally published as Johannes Calvijn: Zijn werk en geschriften, �1989 Uitgeverij De Groot Goudriann--Kampen Uitgeversmaatschappij J.H. Kok B.V."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-232) and indexes.
Overview of Calvin's life -- Youth and education up to arrival in Geneva -- First stay in Geneva (1536-38) -- Stay in Strasbourg (1538-41) -- Again in Geneva -- The Academy of Geneva -- Calvin's relations with others -- Calvin's last days -- First publications -- The foreword to the Antapologia of Nicolas Duchemin (1531) -- Commentary on Seneca's De clementia (1532) -- Nicolas Cop's academic address (1533) -- Calvin and the Bible -- Bible translation -- Calvin's commentaries -- Calvin's lectures (Praelectiones) -- Calvin's sermons -- Calvin's contributions to the weekly Bible studies (Congr�egations) -- Building up the church -- Fundamental issues in congregational nurture -- Liturgical structure of public worship -- Instruction of the youth -- Special assistance -- Confession of faith : the Gallican Confession (1559) -- Church order and visitation -- Debating with Roman Catholics -- Epistolae duae (1537) -- Religious colloquy in Lausanne (1536) -- Correspondence with Louis du Tillet (1538) -- Responsio ad Sadoletum (1539) -- Religious Colloquies in Haguenau, Worms, and Regensburg -- Dispute against Abuses (Trait�e des reliques, 1543) -- Debating with Albertus Pighius -- Debating with the Sorbonne (1544) -- The Council of Trent and the Augsburg interim -- Debating with other movements and individuals -- Anabaptists -- The libertines -- Debating about doctrinal issues -- Debating with a Jew -- Striving for unity and the ensuing debate -- Confessio fidei de eucharistia (1537) -- Agreement with Bullinger and Zurich (Consensus Tigurinus of 1549) -- Debate with the Lutherans Westphal and Heshusius about the Consensus Tigurinus -- The institutes. Institutes (1536) -- Institutes (1539) -- Institutes (1543 and 1545) -- Institutes (1550) -- Institutes (1559) -- Miscellaneous publications -- Calvin as jurist -- Document about ecclesiastical goods (1545) -- Two forewords by Calvin -- Congratulation to Gabriel de Saconay (1561) -- Debating with Franc?ois Baudouin (1561-63) -- Letters. Correspondence with Lelio Sozzini -- Correspondence with Poland -- Letter to Menso Poppius -- Correspondence with the Ministers in Montb�eliard -- Correspondence with England and Scotland.