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xvi, 193 pages 22 cm The reappearance of Dr. Breen's pioneering study of young Calvin's humanism makes available to a new generation of teachers and students what is still the best introduction to the humanist theologian's formative years. The book was hailed at the outset by grateful readers as an informed and illuminating description of the elements that combined to shape and equip the mind of the reformer to-be. Any student of recent Calvin literature will have come frequently upon references to Breen's material and opinions. Although the newer scholars have made us increasingly aware of Calvin's importance as a historical figure, they continue to have recourse to this dissertation for guidance at significant points Revision of the author's thesis, University of Chicago, 1931 Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) General background -- Calvin at the University of Paris -- Calvin's study of jurisprudence and the classics -- The background of the Seneca commentaries -- The substance of the Seneca commentaries -- The French Renaissance -- The precipitate of humanism in Calvin the reformer -- An essay of Calvin's defense of secular studies : his doctrine of common grace

Author

With a foreword by John T. McNeill

Publisher

[Hamden, Conn.] Archon Books

Published

1968

Language

EN

Subjects

Philosophy, Memoir, Biography