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Written to aid those who desire to be instructed in the doctrine of salvation, the institutes, which follows the ordering of the apostles creed, has four parts. The first edition, a modest catechetical manual, was recast into a volume of theological topics and became many times larger than its predecessor. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook. Institutes of the christian religion battles translation 2. The book decisively shaped calvinism as a major religious and intellectual force in europe and throughout the. The institutes of christian religion calvin, john, lane, tony, osborne, hilary on. Oct 03, 2011 institutes of the christian religion in modern english.
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