Description: Treatises Against the Anabaptists and Against the Libertines by John Calvin ; Trade paperback ; 1982 ; 1st edition From the back cover: Benjamin Wirt Farley, translator and editor Calvin's tracts on the Anabaptists and the Libertines, which contain some of his most significant ethical and theological reflections, are the two most Important of Calvin's French pieces previously untranslated into modern English. So says John H. Leith. These two treatises have been translated and introduced by Benjamin Wirt Farley, who did the same for Calvin's sermons on the Decalogue. Ford Lewis Battles praised Farley's rendering of those sermons for its "flowing quality." Another reviewer expressed appreciation for Farley's having made the sermons "more readable" even while retaining "the integrity of the translation and preserving "nuances of style and emphasis." In Against the Anabaptists Calvin examines that group's rejection of infant baptism, its excommunication of members after the second admonition, its refusal to bear arms, and its withdrawal from politics and government. Calvin concludes by treating the doctrines of the incarnation and of the soul's state after death. A twentieth-century Mennonite scholar has said that Calvin, for his times, "deals with the Anabaptists in an exceptionally fair manner." Calvin's treatise Against the Libertines incisively refutes that group's pantheistic determinism, Gnostic christology, libertine view of Christian liberty, and denial of a future resurrection. This work should prove to be, in the translator's words, "a valuable resource for exploring anew both Calvin's rejection of Mysticism and his concern for the believer's 'spiritual union' with Christ." John Calvin (1509 - 1564), a leading figure in the Reformation, was a pastor in Geneva from 1541 to his death. He founded the Geneva Academy in 1559 and published many books, the most influential being the Institutes of the Chris. tian Religion and his Bible commentaries. Benjamin Wirt Farley is associate professor of Bible, religion, and philosophy at Erskine College. BAKER BOOK HOUSE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
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Publisher: Baker Book House
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Year Printed: 1982
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Translator: Benjamin Wirt Farley
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Vintage Paperback
Author: John Calvin
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Topic: Religion
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