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A reader's guide to Calvin's Institutes / Anthony N.S. Lane.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2009.Description: 174 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780801037313 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX 9420 .I69 L36 2009
Contents:
Introductory material ("prefatory address") -- Book 1: The knowledge of God the Creator. Knowing God and ourselves (1.1-4) -- God revealed in Creation (1.5) -- The Bible and the Holy Spirit (1.6-9) -- Idolatry and the Trinity (1.11-13) -- The created world and humanity as created (1.14-15) -- God's sovereign providence (1.16-18) -- Book 2: The knowledge of God the Redeemer in Christ. Original sin (2.1-2.3.5) -- How God works in the human heart (2.3.6-2.5) -- The place of the law (2.6-7) -- Exposition of the moral law (2.8) -- Relation between the Old and New Testaments (2.9-11) -- The person of Jesus Christ (2.12-14) -- The redemptive work of Jesus Christ (2.15-17) -- Book 3: The way in which we receive the grace of Christ. Saving faith (3.1-2) -- Regeneration and repentance (3.3-5) -- The Christian life : self-denial (3.6-7) -- The Christian life : bearing our cross and attitude toward this life (3.8-10) -- Justification by faith (3.11.1-3.14.8) -- The value of our good works (3.14.9-3.18) -- The true nature of Christian freedom (3.19) -- Prayer (3.20) -- Election and reprobation (3.21-23) -- Predestination and the final resurrection (3.24-25) -- Book 4: The external means or aids. The true church (4.1) -- The Roman Church and the Christian ministry (4.2-7) -- The authority of the church (4.8-9) -- Church discipline (4.10-13) -- The sacraments in general (4.14; 4.19) -- Baptism and infant baptism (4.15-16) -- The Lord's Supper (4.17-18) -- Civil government (4.20).
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Includes bibliographical references.

Introductory material ("prefatory address") -- Book 1: The knowledge of God the Creator. Knowing God and ourselves (1.1-4) -- God revealed in Creation (1.5) -- The Bible and the Holy Spirit (1.6-9) -- Idolatry and the Trinity (1.11-13) -- The created world and humanity as created (1.14-15) -- God's sovereign providence (1.16-18) -- Book 2: The knowledge of God the Redeemer in Christ. Original sin (2.1-2.3.5) -- How God works in the human heart (2.3.6-2.5) -- The place of the law (2.6-7) -- Exposition of the moral law (2.8) -- Relation between the Old and New Testaments (2.9-11) -- The person of Jesus Christ (2.12-14) -- The redemptive work of Jesus Christ (2.15-17) -- Book 3: The way in which we receive the grace of Christ. Saving faith (3.1-2) -- Regeneration and repentance (3.3-5) -- The Christian life : self-denial (3.6-7) -- The Christian life : bearing our cross and attitude toward this life (3.8-10) -- Justification by faith (3.11.1-3.14.8) -- The value of our good works (3.14.9-3.18) -- The true nature of Christian freedom (3.19) -- Prayer (3.20) -- Election and reprobation (3.21-23) -- Predestination and the final resurrection (3.24-25) -- Book 4: The external means or aids. The true church (4.1) -- The Roman Church and the Christian ministry (4.2-7) -- The authority of the church (4.8-9) -- Church discipline (4.10-13) -- The sacraments in general (4.14; 4.19) -- Baptism and infant baptism (4.15-16) -- The Lord's Supper (4.17-18) -- Civil government (4.20).