Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 1
Author: first_name: John
last_name: Calvin
Language: English
Year: 1599

Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly influential in the Western world and still widely read by theological students today, it was published in Latin in 1536 and in his native French in 1541, with the definitive editions appearing in 1559 (Latin) and in 1560 (French).<br><br>
The book was written as an introductory textbook on the Protestant faith for those with some learning already and covered a broad range of theological