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John Calvin

1509–1564

# John Calvin (1509–1564) French-born Reformer, theologian, and exegete.

The life

John Calvin (1509–1564)

French-born Reformer, theologian, and exegete. Primary systematic-theology voice of the Reformed tradition; his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536, revised 1559) and his Commentaries on most books of the Bible shaped Protestant biblical interpretation for five centuries.

In their own words

  • “Whoever either flatters himself or buries his sins by inattention to them, deserves to pine away in his miseries; at least he is unworthy of obtaining from God the smallest alleviation.”

    Commentaries · on the verse

  • “What is said here as to judging the world ought to be viewed as referring to that declaration of Christ: When the Son of Man shall come, ye shall sit, etc.”

    Commentaries · on the verse

  • “Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even. fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.”

    Commentaries · on the verse

Go further

Read them yourself — the works below are the next step, and the public-domain ones are free to read in full.

  • Commentaries (Calvin Translation Society edition)1843

    Calvin wrote commentaries on most of the Bible. The Calvin Translation Society edition (1843–1855), translated into English by John King, John Owen, William Pringle, Thomas Myers, and others, is the authoritative PD text. MannaFest uses this edition as ingested from CCEL plain-text.

    Read it free — archive.org · Christian Classics Ethereal Library