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<br> John Calvin was just twenty-seven years old when the first edition of his <i>Institutes</i> was published in Basel in 1536. Building on the work of Erasmus and Luther, Calvin wrote with brilliance and passion of the many ways the church and its theology had been "deformed," and he presented a case for restoring the church and theology to its pristine purity. Calvin's "little book" -- as he affectionately called it -- grew in size through the rest of his life; eventually, this early, shorter

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Author

John Calvin, author

Publisher

H.H. Meeter Center for Calvin Studies ; Eerdmans; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802841674

Category

religious

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Theology

Rating

4 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24