Calvin's First Catechism : A Commentary : featuring Ford Lewis Battles' translation of the 1538 Catechism.

by I. John Hesselink [1928-2018]

Paper Book, 1997

Call number

BX9429.G4H47 1997

Publication

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, 1997.

Physical description

x, 244 p.; 24 cm

Notes

CONTENTS:

Calvin's Catechism of 1538

Commentary
1. Introduction.

2. True Religion and the Knowledge of God. (Secs. 1-3)

3. Excursus : The Authority of Scripture—The Inner Witness of the Spirit.

4. Our Plight apart from God (Secs. 4-7)

5. The Law of God and the Shape of the Christian Life (Secs. 8-11, 17)

6. Excursus : Christian Freedom (Sec. 31)

7. Election and Predestination (Sec. 13)

8. Faith (Secs. 12, 14-21)

9. The Apostles' Creed (Sec. 20) : Part I : "I Believe in God"

10. The Apostles' Creed (Sec. 20) : Part II : "And in Jesus Christ"

11. Prayer (Secs. 22-25)

12. The Sacraments (Secs. 26-29) : Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

13. The Nature and Marks of the Church (Secs. 30, 32)

14. The Magistracy and Civil Government (Sec. 33)

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