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title: 'Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 1'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Thomas Clinton Pears, Jr.'
date: 1936-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Calvinism (Historical)'
- 'Reformation History'
- 'Church History'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 19'
- 'Romans 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/pears-1936-calvins-institutes-of-the-christian-religion-vol-1
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# Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 1

Warfield's literary history of John Calvin's Institutes, tracing its composition, the author's youth, and the book's epoch-making influence on Reformation and systematic theology.

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