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    Renaissance · English

    The Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin

    The Institutes of the Christian Religion, by John Calvin (1509–1564), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

    Chapters
    131
    Variants
    131
    Genre
    Philosophy
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Introductionprose
    2. 02Institutions of the Christian Religion, Prefatory Address to His Most Christian Majesty, the Most Mighty and Illustriousprose
    3. 03The Epistle to the Reader.prose
    4. 04Subject of the Present Work.prose
    5. 05Epistle to the Reader.prose
    6. 06Method and Arrangement, or Subject of the Whole Work.prose
    7. 07Book First.: Of the Knowledge of God the Creator, Argument. (1)prose
    8. 08Argument, Sections.prose
    9. 09Argument, Sections. (2)prose
    10. 10Argument, Sections. (3)prose
    11. 11Argument, Sections. (4)prose
    12. 12Argument, Sections. (5)prose
    13. 13Argument, Sections. (6)prose
    14. 14Argument, Sections. (7)prose
    15. 15Chapter VIII.: The Credibility of Scripture Sufficiently Proved, in So Far as Natural Reason Admits.prose
    16. 16Argument, Sections. (8)prose
    17. 17Argument, Sections. (9)prose
    18. 18Argument, Sections. (10)prose
    19. 19Chapter XI.: Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God.—the Setting Up of Idols a Defection from the True God.prose
    20. 20Argument, Sections. (11)prose
    21. 21Argument, Sections. (12)prose
    22. 22Chapter XIII.: The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons Taught, in Scripture, from the Foundation of the World.prose
    23. 23Argument, Sections. (13)prose
    24. 24Argument, Sections. (14)prose
    25. 25Chapter XV.: State in Which Man Was Created. The Faculties of the Soul—the Image of God—free Will—original Righteousnessprose
    26. 26Argument, Sections. (15)prose
    27. 27Chapter XVI.: The World, Created by God, Still Cherished and Protected by Him. Each and All of Its Parts Governed by Hisprose
    28. 28Argument, Sections. (16)prose
    29. 29Chapter XVII.: Use to Be Made of the Doctrine of Providence.prose
    30. 30Argument, Sections. (17)prose
    31. 31Chapter XVIII.: The Instrumentality of the Wicked Employed by God, While He Continues Free from Every Taint.prose
    32. 32Argument, Sections. (18)prose
    33. 33Book Second.: Of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thprose
    34. 34Argument, Sections. (19)prose
    35. 35Argument, Sections. (20)prose
    36. 36Chapter III.: Everything Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable.prose
    37. 37Argument, Sections. (21)prose
    38. 38Argument, Sections. (22)prose
    39. 39Argument, Sections. (23)prose
    40. 40Argument, Sections. (24)prose
    41. 41Argument, Sections. (25)prose
    42. 42Chapter VIII.: Exposition of the Moral Law, Sections.prose
    43. 43First Commandment.: I Am the Lord Thy God, Which Brought Thee Out of the Land of Egypt, Out of the House of Bondage. Thoprose
    44. 44Second Commandment.: Thou Shalt Not Make Unto Thee Any Graven Image, or Any Likeness of Anything That Is in Heaven Aboveprose
    45. 45Third Commandment.: Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain.prose
    46. 46Fourth Commandment.: Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep It Holy. Six Days Shalt Thou Labour and Do All Thy Work: But the Sprose
    47. 47Fifth Commandment.: Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother, That Thy Days May Be Long upon the Land Which the Lord Thy God Givprose
    48. 48Sixth Commandment.: THOU SHALT NOT KILL.prose
    49. 49Seventh Commandment.: THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.prose
    50. 50Eight Commandment.: THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.prose
    51. 51Ninth Commandment.: Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbour.prose
    52. 52Tenth Commandment.: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour’s House, Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour’s Wife, nor His Man-sprose
    53. 53Chapter IX.: Christ, Though Known to the Jews Under the Law, Yet Only Manifested Under the Gospel.prose
    54. 54Chapter VIII.: Exposition of the Moral Law, Sections. (2)prose
    55. 55Chapter X.: The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New.prose
    56. 56Chapter VIII.: Exposition of the Moral Law, Sections. (3)prose
    57. 57Chapter XI.: The Difference Between the Two Testaments, Sections.prose
    58. 58Chapter XI.: The Difference Between the Two Testaments, Sections. (2)prose
    59. 59Chapter XI.: The Difference Between the Two Testaments, Sections. (3)prose
    60. 60Chapter XI.: The Difference Between the Two Testaments, Sections. (4)prose
    61. 61Chapter XI.: The Difference Between the Two Testaments, Sections. (5)prose
    62. 62Chapter XVI.: How Christ Performed the Office of Redeemer in Procuring Our Salvation. The Death, Resurrection, and Ascenprose
    63. 63Chapter XI.: The Difference Between the Two Testaments, Sections. (6)prose
    64. 64Chapter XI.: The Difference Between the Two Testaments, Sections. (7)prose
    65. 65Book Third: The Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. The Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It, Argumprose
    66. 66Argument, Sections. (26)prose
    67. 67Argument, Sections. (27)prose
    68. 68Chapter III.: Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance.prose
    69. 69Chapter III.: Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance, Sections.prose
    70. 70Chapter III.: Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance, Sections. (2)prose
    71. 71Chapter III.: Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance, Sections. (3)prose
    72. 72Chapter VI.: The Life of a Christian Man. Scriptural Arguments Exhorting to It.prose
    73. 73Chapter III.: Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance, Sections. (4)prose
    74. 74Chapter III.: Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance, Sections. (5)prose
    75. 75Chapter III.: Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance, Sections. (6)prose
    76. 76Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections.prose
    77. 77Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections. (2)prose
    78. 78Chapter XI.: Of Justification by Faith. Both the Name and the Reality Defined.prose
    79. 79Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections. (3)prose
    80. 80Chapter XII.: Necessity of Contemplating the Judgment-seat of God, in Order to Be Seriously Convinced of the Doctrine ofprose
    81. 81Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections. (4)prose
    82. 82Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections. (5)prose
    83. 83Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections. (6)prose
    84. 84Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections. (7)prose
    85. 85Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections. (8)prose
    86. 86Chapter XVII.: The Promises of the Law and the Gospel Reconciled.prose
    87. 87Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections. (9)prose
    88. 88Chapter IX.: Of Meditating on the Future Life, Sections. (10)prose
    89. 89Chapter XIX.: Of Christian Liberty, Sections.prose
    90. 90Chapter XX.: Of Prayer—a Perpetual Exercise of Faith. The Daily Benefits Derived from It.prose
    91. 91Chapter XIX.: Of Christian Liberty, Sections. (2)prose
    92. 92Our Father Which Art in Heaven.prose
    93. 93Our Father Which Art in Heaven, Sections.prose
    94. 94Our Father Which Art in Heaven, Sections. (2)prose
    95. 95Our Father Which Art in Heaven, Sections. (3)prose
    96. 96Our Father Which Art in Heaven, Sections. (4)prose
    97. 97Chapter XXV.: Of the Last Resurrection, Sections.prose
    98. 98Book Fourth.: Of the Holy Catholic Church, Argument. (4)prose
    99. 99Argument, Sections. (28)prose
    100. 100Argument, Sections. (29)prose
    101. 101Argument, Sections. (30)prose
    102. 102Argument, Sections. (31)prose
    103. 103Argument, Sections. (32)prose
    104. 104Argument, Sections. (33)prose
    105. 105Chapter VII.: Of the Beginning and Rise of the Romish Papacy, Till It Attained a Height by Which the Liberty of the Churprose
    106. 106Argument, Sections. (34)prose
    107. 107Argument, Sections. (35)prose
    108. 108Chapter IX.: Of Councils and Their Authority.prose
    109. 109Chapter IX.: Of Councils and Their Authority, Sections.prose
    110. 110Chapter IX.: Of Councils and Their Authority, Sections. (2)prose
    111. 111Chapter IX.: Of Councils and Their Authority, Sections. (3)prose
    112. 112Chapter IX.: Of Councils and Their Authority, Sections. (4)prose
    113. 113Chapter IX.: Of Councils and Their Authority, Sections. (5)prose
    114. 114Chapter XIV.: Of the Sacraments, Sections.prose
    115. 115Chapter XV.: Of Baptism, Sections.prose
    116. 116Chapter XV.: Of Baptism, Sections. (2)prose
    117. 117Chapter XVII.: Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It.prose
    118. 118Chapter XV.: Of Baptism, Sections. (3)prose
    119. 119Chapter XV.: Of Baptism, Sections. (4)prose
    120. 120Chapter XV.: Of Baptism, Sections. (5)prose
    121. 121Of Confirmation.prose
    122. 122Of Penitence.prose
    123. 123Of Extreme Unction, So Called.prose
    124. 124Of Ecclesiastical Orders.prose
    125. 125Of Marriage.prose
    126. 126Chapter XX.: Of CIVIL Government.prose
    127. 127Chapter XX.: Of CIVIL Government, Sections.prose
    128. 128Book I.prose
    129. 129Book II.prose
    130. 130Book III.prose
    131. 131Book IV.prose