Calvin / Bruce Gordon.
Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2009.Description: xiii, 398 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports., maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780300120769
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| BX9418 G15y c.2 The young Calvin / | BX9418 G15y c.3 The young Calvin / | BX9418 G32 1993 Grace and gratitude : | BX 9418 G65 2009 Calvin / | BX9418 G81 2008 The writings of John Calvin : | BX9418 H14 2008 c.2 The legacy of John Calvin : | BX9418 H36 1998 c.2 Calvin and the Calvinists / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [374]-383) and index.
A French youth -- Among the princes of law -- 'At last delivered' : conversion and flight -- Exile in a hidden corner -- Violent reformations and tumult -- Discovering the church -- 'Lucid brevity' for the sake of the church : Romans -- Building Christ's church -- Calvin's world -- Healing Christ's body -- 'Since Calvin acts so bravely, why does he not come here?' : France -- The years of conflict -- 'There is no form of impiety that this monster has not raked up' -- Luther's heirs -- European reformer -- The 'perfecte schoole of Christe' -- Churches and blood : France -- Endings.
The book explores with particular insight Calvin's self-conscious view of himself as prophet and apostle for his age and his struggle to tame a sense of his own superiority, perceived by others as arrogance. Gordon looks at Calvin's character, his maturing vision of God and humanity, his personal tragedies and failures, his extensive relationships with others, and the context within which he wrote and taught. --from publisher description
