Calvin and the early Reformation /
Brewer, Brian C.,editor.
Whitford, David M.(David Mark),editor.
"Those who have a passing knowledge of John Calvin's theology and reforms in Geneva in the sixteenth century may picture the confident and mature theologian and preacher without appreciating the various events, people, and circumstances that shaped the man. Before there was Protestantism's first and eminent systematic theologian, there was the French youth, the law student and humanist, the Protestant convert and homeless exile, the reluctant reformer and anguished city leader. Snapshots of the young Calvin create a collage that give a bigger picture to the grey-bearded Protestant reformer. Eleven scholars of early-modern history have joined in this volume to depict the people, movements, politics, education, sympathizers, nemeses, and controversies from which Calvin immerged in his young adulthood."--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Calvin and the early reformation / David M. Whitford -- Calvin, Erasmus, and humanist theology / Greta Grace Kroeker -- The intellectual, political and legal milieu in France during the life of John Calvin / James K. Farge -- Sixteenth-century French legal education and Calvin's legal education / Christoph Strohm -- The meaux group and John Calvin / Jonathan A. Reid -- The sounds and silence of the early reformation in Geneva in Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle / Carrie F. Klaus -- Calvin, Farel, Roussel, and the French "Nicodemites" / Michael W. Bruening -- 'Those Satanic Anabaptists' : Calvin, soul sleep, and the search for an Anabaptist nemesis / Brian C. Brewer -- Confessions, conscience, and coercion in the early Calvin / John L. Thompson -- John Calvin and the first eucharistic controversy / Amy Nelson Burnett -- Calvin on the early Reformation / Barbara Pitkin.
"Those who have a passing knowledge of John Calvin's theology and reforms in Geneva in the sixteenth century may picture the confident and mature theologian and preacher without appreciating the various events, people, and circumstances that shaped the man. Before there was Protestantism's first and eminent systematic theologian, there was the French youth, the law student and humanist, the Protestant convert and homeless exile, the reluctant reformer and anguished city leader. Snapshots of the young Calvin create a collage that give a bigger picture to the grey-bearded Protestant reformer. Eleven scholars of early-modern history have joined in this volume to depict the people, movements, politics, education, sympathizers, nemeses, and controversies from which Calvin immerged in his young adulthood."--
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
Reformation.
Calvin and the early Reformation