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The Christian Polity of John Calvin

Harro Höpfl author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:5th Aug '82

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This book explores the relationship between Calvin's thought about civil and ecclesiastical order and his own circumstances and activities. The early chapters argue that in his pre-Genevan writings, including the first edition of the Institution, Calvin's political thinking was entirely conventional; his subsequent thought and conduct were not an implementation of previously formulated ideas. Later chapters examine whether and to what extent Calvin developed a distinctive vision of the Christian polity as part of an overall conception of the Christian life.

ISBN: 9780521244176

Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 15mm

Weight: 508g

320 pages