John Calvin’s “Institutes of the Christian Religion” is considered a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology. First published in Latin in 1536 and in Calvin’s native ...

This page contains links to digital versions of the major works of John Calvin which have been translated into English. These editions are mid-nineteeth century translations published by the Calvin ...

Justification remains a controversial doctrine. New Testament scholars are reexamining Paul’s teaching. Lutherans and Roman Catholics have produced a Joint Declaration on the topic. The excerpts from ...

Early Protestant leader John Calvin (1509-1564) rightly condemned Catholic boy bishops: But the most absurd thing of all is, that even boys scarcely ten years of age are, by the permission of the Pope ...

GENEVA — John Calvin, the Great Reformer, used dictatorial means in making Geneva a "Protestant Rome," but he also planted the seeds of modern democracy. He enforced rigid morality and stressed the ...