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Calvin: A Biography

By Bernard Cottret

Book information

Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Year
2000
ISBN
0802842895, 9780802842893
LCC
BX9418 .C5913 2000
Open Library ID
OL22132812M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15396021 bytes)
Pages
393\393
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Widely acclaimed in its French edition, this sterling biography of John Calvin sheds new light on the great Reformer’s personality by concentrating on the milieu in which he did his life’s work. In the largest part of the book, Bernard Cottret develops a chronological examination of Calvin’s life, from his birth in Noyon to his ministry and administration in Geneva. In the final chapters Cottret explores thematic aspects of Calvin’s persona— Calvin the polemicist, the preacher, and the writer—and looks with greater depth at Calvin’s foremost work, the Institutes of the Christian Religion. Balanced, cogent, and written with literary beauty, this biography will take its place among the best—and most enjoyable—portraits of Calvin’s life, work, and lasting influence.

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