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Bibliographic Resources for the Study of John Calvin. John Calvin 1509 - 1564. Title page of commentary on Seneca’s De clementia. Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples 1460?-1536. Basel. Institutes of the Christian Religion - 1536. Geneva. Geneva.
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Bibliographic Resources for the Study of John Calvin
Title page of commentary on Seneca’s De clementia
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples 1460?-1536
Political/Judicial/Ecclesiastical Structure of Geneva in Calvin’s Era Small Council (25) 4 Syndics 21 Council Members Meets daily Judicial officials Civil and criminal cases. Company of Pastors Meets weekly Council of 60 Council of 200 Consistory: Syndic presides, 11 Council members, All the pastors (12+-) Meets weekly General Council (all voting Genevans) Meet 2x/yr to ratify elections
Calvin the Preacher
Sunday Sermons 1549 95 sermons on Acts 1-15 1552 94 sermons on Acts 16-28 1549 72 sermons on the Psalms 1553 15 sermons on Psalm 119 1554 46 sermons on 1 & 2 Thessalonians 1554 55 sermons on 1 Timothy 1555 31 sermons on 2 Timothy 1555 17 sermons on Titus 1555 110 sermons on 1 Corinthians 1557 66 sermons on 2 Corinthians 1558 48 sermons on Ephesians Calvin’s Sermons Weekday Sermons • 1549 271 sermons on Jeremiah (91 recorded) • 1550 25 sermons on Lamentations • 1550 28 sermons on Micah • 1551 17 sermons on Zephaniah • 1551 65 sermons on Hosea • 1551 17 sermons on Joel • 1551 43 sermons on Amos • 1552 5 sermons on Obadiah • 1552 6 sermons on Jonah (recorded) • 1552 sermons on Nahum and Habakkuk • 1552 47 sermons on Daniel (recorded) • 1552 174 sermons on Ezekiel • 1554 159 sermons on Job • 1555 200 sermons on Deuteronomy • 1556 343 sermons on Isaiah • 1559 123 sermons on Genesis • -----stenographer Raguenier dies------- sermons on Judges • 1561 107 sermons on 1 Samuel • 1562 87 sermons on 2 Samuel sermons on 1 Kings
Calvin the Biblical Commentator
Calvin the Theologian Institutes (1536) 6 chapters Institutes (1539) 17 chapters Institutes (1543 & 1545) 21 chapters Institutes (1550) Institutes (1559) 80 chapters
Calvinism’s Pluriform Roots Wolfgang Musculus 1497-1563 John Knox 1513-1572 Theodore Beza 1519-1605 Peter Martyr Vermigli 1500-1562 Ulrich Zwingli 1484-1531 Heinrich Bullinger 1504-1575
Bibliographic Resources: Calvin’s Works – in Latin or French
Calvini opera (59 vols.) Opera denuo (10 vols. + ) Opera selecta (5 vols.)
Calvin’s Works – Primarily in English A Faythful and moost godlye treatyse concernynge the most sacret Sacrament . . London: John Day and William Seres, [1548?].
Emil Doumergue,Jean Calvin:Les hommes et les choses de son temps