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Institutes of the Christian Religion: The First English Version of the 1541 French Edition Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Calvin, John (Author), McKee, Elsie Anne (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0802807747     ISBN-13: 9780802807748
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2009
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Annotation: The first English translation of a classic text of pastoral theology. / John Calvin (15091564) originally wrote his famous Institutes of the Christian Religion in Latin. Beginning with the second edition of his work published in 1541, Calvin translated each new version into French, simultaneously adapting the text to suit lay audiences, shaping it subtly but clearly to teach, exhort, and encourage them. Besides reflecting a more pastoral bent on Calvin's part, this 1541 Institutes is also notable as one of the founding documents of the modern French language. / Elsie Anne McKee's masterful translation of the 1541 French Edition the first-ever English version offers full access to the brilliant mind of John Calvin as he considered what common Christian people should all know and practice.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic
- Religion | Christianity - Calvinist
Dewey: 230.42
LCCN: 2009007562
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (2.25 lbs) 755 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Christianity Today 07/01/2009 pg. 57
 
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he first English translation of a classic text of pastoral theology.

John Calvin (1509-1564) originally wrote his famous Institutes of the Christian Religion in Latin. Beginning with the second edition of his work published in 1541, Calvin translated each new version into French, simultaneously adapting the text to suit lay audiences, shaping it subtly but clearly to teach, exhort, and encourage them. Besides reflecting a more pastoral bent on Calvin's part, this 1541 Institutes is also notable as one of the founding documents of the modern French language.

Elsie Anne McKee's masterful translation of the 1541 French Edition -- the first-ever English version -- offers full access to the brilliant mind of John Calvin as he considered what common Christian people should all know and practice.

Contributor Bio(s): Calvin, John: - (1509-1564) One of the most influential reformers, his workwas of significance throughout Europe andbeyond.McKee, Elsie Anne: - Elsie Anne McKee is Archibald Alexander Professor of Reformation Studies and the History of Worship at Princeton Theological Seminary.
 
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