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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 p...

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Hlavní autor: Gordon, Bruce, 1962-
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2009.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=302144
Obsah:
  • 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.