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John Calvin. Institutes of the Christian Religion
Institutes of the Christian Religion
Table of Contents
The Translator's Preface
The Author's Preface to An Edition Published In The Year 1559, With His Last Corrections And Additions
Dedication
General Syllabus
Book I. On The Knowledge Of God The Creator
Argument
Chapter I. The Connection Between The Knowledge Of God And The Knowledge Of Ourselves
Chapter II. The Nature And Tendency Of The Knowledge Of God
Chapter III. The Human Mind Naturally Endued With The Knowledge Of God
Chapter IV. This Knowledge Extinguished Or Corrupted, Partly By Ignorance, Partly By Wickedness
Chapter V. The Knowledge Of God Conspicuous In The Formation And Continual Government Of The World
Chapter VI. The Guidance And Teaching Of The Scripture Necessary To Lead To The Knowledge Of God The Creator
Chapter VII. The Testimony Of The Spirit Necessary To Confirm The Scripture, In Order To The Complete Establishment Of Its Authority. The Suspension Of Its Authority On The Judgment Of The Church, An Impious Fiction
Chapter VIII. Rational Proofs To Establish The Belief Of The Scripture
Chapter IX. The Fanaticism Which Discards The Scripture, Under The Pretence Of Resorting To Immediate Revelations, Subversive Of Every Principle Of Piety
Chapter X. All Idolatrous Worship Discountenanced In The Scripture, By Its Exclusive Opposition Of The True God To All The Fictitious Deities Of The Heathen
Chapter XI. Unlawfulness Of Ascribing To God A Visible Form. All Idolatry A Defection From The True God
Chapter XII. God Contradistinguished From Idols, That He May Be Solely And Supremely Worshipped
Chapter XIII. One Divine Essence, Containing Three Persons; Taught In The Scriptures From The Beginning
Chapter XIV. The True God Clearly Distinguished In The Scripture From All Fictitious Ones By The Creation Of The World
Chapter XV. The State Of Man At His Creation, The Faculties Of The Soul, The Divine Image, Free Will, And The Original Purity Of His Nature
Chapter XVI. God's Preservation And Support Of The World By His Power, And His Government Of Every Part Of It By His Providence
Chapter XVII. The Proper Application Of This Doctrine To Render It Useful To Us
Chapter XVIII. God Uses The Agency Of The Impious, And Inclines Their Minds To Execute His Judgments, Yet Without The Least Stain Of His Perfect Purity
Book II. On The Knowledge Of God The Redeemer In Christ, Which Was Revealed First To The Fathers Under The Law, And Since To Us In The Gospel
Argument
Chapter I. The Fall And Defection Of Adam The Cause Of The Curse Inflicted On All Mankind, And Of Their Degeneracy From Their Primitive Condition. The Doctrine Of Original Sin
Chapter II. Man, In His Present State, Despoiled Of Freedom Of Will, And Subjected To A Miserable Slavery
Chapter III. Every Thing That Proceeds From The Corrupt Nature Of Man Worthy Of Condemnation
Chapter IV. The Operation Of God In The Hearts Of Men
Chapter V. A Refutation Of The Objections Commonly Urged In Support Of Free Will
Chapter VI. Redemption For Lost Man To Be Sought In Christ
Chapter VII. The Law Given, Not To Confine The Ancient People To Itself, But To Encourage Their Hope Of Salvation In Christ, Till The Time Of His Coming
Chapter VIII. An Exposition Of The Moral Law
The First Commandment
The Second Commandment
The Third Commandment
The Fourth Commandment
The Fifth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment
The Seventh Commandment
The Eighth Commandment
The Ninth Commandment
The Tenth Commandment
Chapter IX. Christ, Though Known To The Jews Under The Law, Yet Clearly Revealed Only In The Gospel
Chapter X. The Similarity Of The Old And New Testaments
Chapter XI. The Difference Of The Two Testaments
Chapter XII. The Necessity Of Christ Becoming Man In Order To Fulfil The Office Of Mediator
Chapter XIII. Christ's Assumption Of Real Humanity
Chapter XIV. The Union Of The Two Natures Constituting The Person Of The Mediator
Chapter XV. The Consideration Of Christ's Three Offices, Prophetical, Regal, And Sacerdotal, Necessary To Our Knowing The End Of His Mission From The Father, And The Benefits Which He Confers On Us
Chapter XVI. Christ's Execution Of The Office Of A Redeemer To Procure Our Salvation. His Death, Resurrection, And Ascension To Heaven
Chapter XVII. Christ Truly And Properly Said To Have Merited The Grace Of God And Salvation For Us
Book III. On The Manner Of Receiving The Grace Of Christ, The Benefits Which We Derive From It, And The Effects Which Follow It
Argument
Chapter I. What Is Declared Concerning Christ Rendered Profitable To Us By The Secret Operation Of The Spirit
Chapter II. Faith Defined, And Its Properties Described
Chapter III. On Repentance
Chapter IV. The Sophistry And Jargon Of The Schools Concerning Repentance, Very Remote From The Purity Of The Gospel. On Confession And Satisfaction
Chapter V. Indulgences And Purgatory. The Supplements To Their Doctrine Of Satisfactions
Chapter VI. The Life Of A Christian. Scriptural Arguments And Exhortations To It
Chapter VII. Summary Of The Christian Life. Self-Denial
Chapter VIII. Bearing The Cross, Which Is A Branch Of Self-Denial
Chapter IX. Meditation On The Future Life
Chapter X. The Right Use Of The Present Life And Its Supports
Chapter XI. Justification By Faith. The Name And Thing Defined
Chapter XII. A Consideration Of The Divine Tribunal, Necessary To A Serious Conviction Of Gratuitous Justification
Chapter XIII. Two Things Necessary To Be Observed In Gratuitous Justification
Footnotes
BOOK III. Chapter XIV. The Commencement And Continual Progress Of Justification
Chapter XV. Boasting Of The Merit Of Works, Equally Subversive Of God’s Glory In The Gift Of Righteousness, And Of The Certainty Of Salvation
Chapter XVI. A Refutation Of The Injurious Calumnies Of The Papists Against This Doctrine
Chapter XVII. The Harmony Between The Promises Of The Law And Those Of The Gospel
Chapter XVIII. Justification By Works Not To Be Inferred From The Promise Of A Reward
Chapter XIX. On Christian Liberty
Chapter XX. On Prayer, The Principal Exercise Of Faith, And The Medium Of Our Daily Reception Of Divine Blessings
Chapter XXI. Eternal Election, Or God’s Predestination Of Some To Salvation, And Of Others To Destruction
Chapter XXII. Testimonies Of Scripture In Confirmation Of This Doctrine
Chapter XXIII. A Refutation Of The Calumnies Generally, But Unjustly, Urged Against This Doctrine
Chapter XXIV. Election Confirmed By The Divine Call. The Destined Destruction Of The Reprobate Procured By Themselves
Chapter XXV. The Final Resurrection
Book IV. On The External Means Or Aids By Which God Calls Us Into Communion With Christ, And Retains Us In It
Argument
Chapter I. The True Church, And The Necessity Of Our Union With Her, Being The Mother Of All The Pious
Chapter II. The True And False Church Compared
Chapter III. The Teachers And Ministers Of The Church; Their Election And Office
Chapter IV. The State Of The Ancient Church, And The Mode Of Government Practised Before The Papacy
Chapter V. The Ancient Form Of Government Entirely Subverted By The Papal Tyranny
Chapter VI. The Primacy Of The Roman See
Chapter VII. The Rise And Progress Of The Papal Power To Its Present Eminence, Attended With The Loss Of Liberty To The Church, And The Ruin Of All Moderation
Chapter VIII. The Power Of The Church Respecting Articles Of Faith, And Its Licentious Perversion, Under The Papacy, To The Corruption Of All Purity Of Doctrine
Chapter IX. Councils; Their Authority
Chapter X. The Power Of Legislation, In Which The Pope And His Adherents Have Most Cruelly Tyrannized Over The Minds, And Tortured The Bodies, Of Men
Chapter XI. The Jurisdiction Of The Church, And Its Abuse Under The Papacy
Chapter XII. The Discipline Of The Church; Its Principal Use In Censures And Excommunication
Chapter XIII. Vows: The Misery Of Rashly Making Them
Chapter XIV. The Sacraments
Chapter XV. Baptism
Chapter XVI. Pædobaptism Perfectly Consistent With The Institution Of Christ And The Nature Of The Sign
Chapter XVII. The Lord’s Supper And Its Advantages
Chapter XVIII. The Papal Mass Not Only A Sacrilegious Profanation Of The Lord’s Supper, But A Total Annihilation Of It
Chapter XIX. The Five Other Ceremonies, Falsely Called Sacraments, Proved Not To Be Sacraments; Their Nature Explained
CONFIRMATION
PENANCE
EXTREME UNCTION
ECCLESIASTICAL ORDERS
MATRIMONY
Chapter XX. On Civil Government
Footnotes
