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John Calvin (1509-1564). Engraving from the original oil painting in the University Library of Geneva that is considered the best likeness
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COMPLETE, LINE-BY-LINE CRITIQUES OF THE INSTITUTES, BOOK IV
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IV,1:1-2 [General Ecclesiology / the Elect / Denominations]
IV,1:3-5 [Denial of Infallibility / the Elect / Private Judgment / Absolute Necessity of the Church]
IV,1:6-12 [Synergism / Grace Alone / the Elect / True and Secondary Doctrines / Mass Apostasy]
IV,1:13-17 ["Puritanical" Fanaticism / Sinners in the Church / Communitarianism / Unity]
IV,1:18-23 [Schism / Sectarianism / Sanctification / Church and Forgiveness / Preaching Reconciliation]
IV,1:24-29 [God's Tremendous Mercy and Forgiving Nature / Sinners in the Church (entire agreement)]
IV,2:1 [Sacraments / Tradition / Sinners in the Church / Relative Doctrine / Indefectibility]
IV,2:2-3 [Indefectibility / Jews and the Church / The Mass / Apostolic Succession / Orthodoxy]
IV,2:4-9 [Empty Rhetoric / Sectarianism / St. Cyprian's Ecclesiology / Sacrifice of the Mass]
IV,2:10-12 [OT Church / Anti-Catholic Rhetoric / Catholic Remnants: Esp. Baptism / Pope as Antichrist]
IV,3:1-6 [Ordination / Church Offices / No Priesthood / Symbolic Eucharist]
IV,3:7-16 [Bishops' Relationship to Pastors and Elders / Hierarchy / Vocation / St. Paul's Call]
IV,4:1-4 [Early Church's and Jerome's Ecclesiology / Binding Authority / Papacy in the Early Church]
IV,4:5-8 [Ancient Church Care for the Poor vs. Early Protestant Theft of Churches and Neglect for Poor]
IV,4:9-15 [Clerical Celibacy / Hierarchy / Popular Approval of Bishops / "Reformers'" Authority (?)]
IV,5:1-10 [16th c. Corruption and Solutions / Bishops / Protestant Theft of Churches / Monasticism]
IV,5:11-19 [Corruption / Boy-Bishops and Boy-Kings / Church Buildings / Concern for the Poor]
IV,6:1-7 [Primacy of the Roman See / Biblical and Patristic Basis for the Papacy / Paul and Peter]
IV,6:8-14 [Papal Primacy and Succession / Paul and Peter / Why Rome? / St. Peter in Rome]
IV,6:15-17 [Peter as Bishop of Rome / Primacy of the Roman See / The Early Church and the Papacy]
IV,7:1-2 [Popes and Early Ecumenical Councils / "Robber Council" of 449 / Pope St. Leo the Great]
IV,7:3-4 [Fathers (Esp. Jerome) and the Papacy / Titles / Gregory the Great "Universal Bishop" Dispute]
IV,7:5-9 [Roman Claims and Their Origins / Roman Ordination / Popes and Other Bishops: Equals?]
IV,7:10-11 [Constantine and the Councils of Rome and Arles / False Decretals / Bishops' Jurisdiction]
IV,7:12-13 [Gregory the Great's Assertions of Papal Supremacy / Protestant State-Churches]
IV,7:14-17 [Pope Innocent I / Constantinople and Rome / Phocas / Pepin / Calvin's Arbitrary Authority]
IV,7:18-21 [St. Bernard and the Papacy / Calvin's Extreme Anti-Papalism / Pope as "Head"]
IV,7:22-24 [Corruption = Ditch the Papacy? / St. Bernard a Protestant? / Papal Defectibility?]
IV,7:25-30 [Pope as Antichrist and God / Bad Popes and Defectibility / Pope John XXII and Beatific Vision]
IV,8:1-9 [Churchmen Represent God / Tradition and Succession / OT Analogies / Apostolic Deposit]
IV,8:10-16 [Calvin's Anti-Catholic Propagandizing / Radical Individualism / Tradition and the Bible]
IV,9:1-7 [Nature of Councils / Bible and Tradition / OT Corruption and "Sin" Argument / Pope = God?]
IV,9:8-14 [Conciliar Authority / Proposed Conciliar Errors and Contradictions / Images and Idolatry]
IV,10:1-7 [Polemics About Church Laws and Authority / Christian Conscience / God: Only Lawgiver?]
IV,10:8-16 [Mass: False Worship? / "Human" Laws (and "Works") / Legalism / Ceremonies / Sacraments]
IV,1:3-5 [Denial of Infallibility / the Elect / Private Judgment / Absolute Necessity of the Church]
IV,1:6-12 [Synergism / Grace Alone / the Elect / True and Secondary Doctrines / Mass Apostasy]
IV,1:13-17 ["Puritanical" Fanaticism / Sinners in the Church / Communitarianism / Unity]
IV,1:18-23 [Schism / Sectarianism / Sanctification / Church and Forgiveness / Preaching Reconciliation]
IV,1:24-29 [God's Tremendous Mercy and Forgiving Nature / Sinners in the Church (entire agreement)]
IV,2:1 [Sacraments / Tradition / Sinners in the Church / Relative Doctrine / Indefectibility]
IV,2:2-3 [Indefectibility / Jews and the Church / The Mass / Apostolic Succession / Orthodoxy]
IV,2:4-9 [Empty Rhetoric / Sectarianism / St. Cyprian's Ecclesiology / Sacrifice of the Mass]
IV,2:10-12 [OT Church / Anti-Catholic Rhetoric / Catholic Remnants: Esp. Baptism / Pope as Antichrist]
IV,3:1-6 [Ordination / Church Offices / No Priesthood / Symbolic Eucharist]
IV,3:7-16 [Bishops' Relationship to Pastors and Elders / Hierarchy / Vocation / St. Paul's Call]
IV,4:1-4 [Early Church's and Jerome's Ecclesiology / Binding Authority / Papacy in the Early Church]
IV,4:5-8 [Ancient Church Care for the Poor vs. Early Protestant Theft of Churches and Neglect for Poor]
IV,4:9-15 [Clerical Celibacy / Hierarchy / Popular Approval of Bishops / "Reformers'" Authority (?)]
IV,5:1-10 [16th c. Corruption and Solutions / Bishops / Protestant Theft of Churches / Monasticism]
IV,5:11-19 [Corruption / Boy-Bishops and Boy-Kings / Church Buildings / Concern for the Poor]
IV,6:1-7 [Primacy of the Roman See / Biblical and Patristic Basis for the Papacy / Paul and Peter]
IV,6:8-14 [Papal Primacy and Succession / Paul and Peter / Why Rome? / St. Peter in Rome]
IV,6:15-17 [Peter as Bishop of Rome / Primacy of the Roman See / The Early Church and the Papacy]
IV,7:1-2 [Popes and Early Ecumenical Councils / "Robber Council" of 449 / Pope St. Leo the Great]
IV,7:3-4 [Fathers (Esp. Jerome) and the Papacy / Titles / Gregory the Great "Universal Bishop" Dispute]
IV,7:5-9 [Roman Claims and Their Origins / Roman Ordination / Popes and Other Bishops: Equals?]
IV,7:10-11 [Constantine and the Councils of Rome and Arles / False Decretals / Bishops' Jurisdiction]
IV,7:12-13 [Gregory the Great's Assertions of Papal Supremacy / Protestant State-Churches]
IV,7:14-17 [Pope Innocent I / Constantinople and Rome / Phocas / Pepin / Calvin's Arbitrary Authority]
IV,7:18-21 [St. Bernard and the Papacy / Calvin's Extreme Anti-Papalism / Pope as "Head"]
IV,7:22-24 [Corruption = Ditch the Papacy? / St. Bernard a Protestant? / Papal Defectibility?]
IV,7:25-30 [Pope as Antichrist and God / Bad Popes and Defectibility / Pope John XXII and Beatific Vision]
IV,8:1-9 [Churchmen Represent God / Tradition and Succession / OT Analogies / Apostolic Deposit]
IV,8:10-16 [Calvin's Anti-Catholic Propagandizing / Radical Individualism / Tradition and the Bible]
IV,9:1-7 [Nature of Councils / Bible and Tradition / OT Corruption and "Sin" Argument / Pope = God?]
IV,9:8-14 [Conciliar Authority / Proposed Conciliar Errors and Contradictions / Images and Idolatry]
IV,10:1-7 [Polemics About Church Laws and Authority / Christian Conscience / God: Only Lawgiver?]
IV,10:8-16 [Mass: False Worship? / "Human" Laws (and "Works") / Legalism / Ceremonies / Sacraments]
IV,10:17-18 [Tradition / Doctrinal Development vs. "Inventions" / Sacrificial Worship vs. Obedience?]
IV,10:19-26 [Corrupt Worship? / Holy Water / Jerusalem Council / Friday Abstinence / "Inventions"]
IV,10:19-26 [Corrupt Worship? / Holy Water / Jerusalem Council / Friday Abstinence / "Inventions"]
IV,11:9-16 [Church and State / Caesaropapism / Donation of Constantine / Pope Gregory VII / Bishops]
IV,15:10-22 [Baptismal Effects / Fathers and Baptism / Sanctification / Catholic Baptism / Zipporah]
IV,17:29 [Eucharist: Jesus' Omnipresence and Two Natures / Calvin's Flawed Christology / Tertullian]
IV,17:44-50 [Eucharist: Frequent Reception and in One Kind / Do Catholics Hate Scripture? / Priests]
IV,19:34-37 [Holy Matrimony: the Fathers and the Bible / Calvin's Groundless Opposition to Celibacy]
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CALVIN'S VIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HEADED BY THE POPE (AND OF LUTHERANISM)
When Did the Pope Become Antichrist? (vs. John Calvin)
Dialogue With Dr. Paul Owen on John Calvin's Anti-Catholicism (vs. Paul Owen)
The Problem of Authority: Luther, Calvin, and Protestantism (+ Part II vs. Kevin Johnson)
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Dialogue on Sola Scriptura (Particularly John Calvin's and the "Classic Reformation Protestant" Conception) (vs. Kevin Johnson)
Dialogue With a Calvinist Over Calvin's View With Regard to Supralapsarianism (vs. David W. Ponter)
SACRAMENTS: BAPTISM AND THE EUCHARIST
Dialogue on John Calvin's View of the Eucharist (vs. Alastair Roberts)
The Verbal Wars of Calvin vs. Westphal (and by Extension, Luther) on the Eucharist: The Wonderful Early Protestant Unity Based on the Bible / Calvin Flatly Denies Baptismal Regeneration
The Verbal Wars of Calvin vs. Westphal (and by Extension, Luther) on the Eucharist: The Wonderful Early Protestant Unity Based on the Bible / Calvin Flatly Denies Baptismal Regeneration
Dialogue on John Calvin's Mystical Eucharist (+ Part II) (vs. Josh and Michael S. Horton and Alastair Roberts and John Calvin)
MARIOLOGY
DEUTEROCANON
SCIENCE
NOMINALIST INFLUENCE
CELIBACY AND CONTRACEPTION
The Irrational Antipathy of Luther, Calvin, and Other Protestants to Clerical Celibacy
Contraception and the "Fewer Children is Better" Mentality: the Opposition of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Other Protestants
Why Did God Kill Onan? Luther, Calvin, Wesley, C. S. Lewis, and Others on Contraception
Dialogue With John Calvin on Clerical Celibacy
Contraception and the "Fewer Children is Better" Mentality: the Opposition of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Other Protestants
Why Did God Kill Onan? Luther, Calvin, Wesley, C. S. Lewis, and Others on Contraception
Dialogue With John Calvin on Clerical Celibacy
ICONOCLASM, ART, AND MUSIC
PERSONAL STRUGGLES AND SHORTCOMINGS / ACCUSATIONS: TRUE AND FALSE
John Calvin's Disgusted Agony Over Genevan Morals, Personal Betrayal, Dissension of Lutheran "Beasts," Etc. / Inflated Self-Comparison to King David
Last Updated: 22 February 2012.
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3 comments:
Does anyone on this blog know of any, say, biographies of Calvin or his theology in the public domain or online? I'd appreciate any help offered. Thanks, y'all.
There's a bunch of stuff at Internet Archive:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=john%20calvin
Many thanks, Dave.
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