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| Preface to the Revised Edition | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Road toward the Institutes of 1536 (1532-1535) | |
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| The First Edition of the Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536) | |
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| Epistle Dedicatory to Francis, King of the French | |
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| Circumstances in which the book was written | |
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| Plea for the persecuted Evangelicals | |
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| Charges of antagonists refuted | |
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| Misleading claims that Church Fathers oppose Reformation teaching | |
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| The appeal to "custom" against truth | |
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| Errors about the nature of the Church | |
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| Tumults alleged to result from Reformation teaching | |
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| Let the King beware of acting on false charges: the innocent await Divine vindication | |
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| The Law: Containing an Explanation of the Decalogue | |
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| Knowledge of God (1) | |
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| Knowledge of Man (2-3) | |
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| The Law (4) | |
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| God's Love in Christ (5-6) | |
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| Exposition of the Decalogue (7-23) | |
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| Preface (7-8) | |
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| First Commandment (9) | |
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| Second Commandment (10-11) | |
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| Third Commandment (12) | |
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| Fourth Commandment (13-16) | |
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| Fifth Commandment (17) | |
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| Sixth Commandment (18) | |
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| Seventh Commandment (19) | |
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| Eighth Commandment (20) | |
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| Ninth Commandment (21) | |
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| Tenth Commandment (22-23) | |
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| Summary (24-25) | |
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| Justification (26-32) | |
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| Uses of the Law (33) | |
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| Justification (continued) (34-38) | |
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| Faith: Containing an Explanation of the Creed (Called Apostolic) | |
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| Faith and Faith in the One God (1-9) | |
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| Exposition of the Creed (10-34) | |
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| First Part (10) | |
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| Second Part (11-19) | |
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| Third Part (20) | |
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| Fourth Part (21-34) | |
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| Faith, Hope, Love (35) | |
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| Prayer: With an Exposition of the Lord's Prayer | |
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| Prayer in General (1-13) | |
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| Exposition of the Lord's Prayer (14-30) | |
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| Introduction (14-16) | |
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| First Petition (17) | |
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| Second Petition (18-19) | |
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| Third Petition (20-21) | |
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| Fourth Petition (22-24) | |
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| Fifth Petition (25-26) | |
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| Sixth Petition (27-30) | |
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| The Practice of Prayer (31-33) | |
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| The Sacraments | |
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| The Sacraments in General (1-10) | |
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| Baptism (11-23) | |
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| The Lord's Supper (24-52) | |
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| Administration of the Sacraments (53) | |
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| The Five False Sacraments | |
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| Introduction (1) | |
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| Confirmation (2-10) | |
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| Penance (11-44) | |
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| Extreme Unction (As They Call It) (45-48) | |
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| Ecclesiastical Orders (49-67) | |
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| Marriage (68-71) | |
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| Christian Freedom, Ecclesiastical Power, and Political Administration | |
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| Christian Freedom (1-13) | |
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| Ecclesiastical Power (14-34) | |
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| Civil Government (35-56) | |
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| Important Subjects Treated in this Book | |
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| Abbreviations Frequently Used in Endnotes | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Epistle Dedicatory to Francis | |
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| The Law | |
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| Faith | |
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| Prayer | |
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| The Sacraments | |
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| The False Sacraments | |
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| Christian Freedom, andC | |
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| Appendices | |
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| The Placards of 1534 | |
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| Martin Bucer on the Lord's Prayer | |
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| Cop-Calvin, Academic Discourse (1533) | |
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| John Calvin's Latin Preface to Olivetan's French Bible (1535) | |
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| Indices | |
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| Biblical References | |
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| Comparative Table of 1536 and 1559 Institutes | |
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| References to Classical Authors in the Endnotes | |
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| References to other Works of Calvin in the Endnotes | |
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| Author, Source, and Person Index to the References in the Endnotes | |