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 Author Name: CALVIN J
Title: Letters of John Calvin - Selected from the Bonnett Edition with an introductory biographical sketch
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Banner of Truth Trust 1980
ISBN: 0851513239 / 9780851513232
ISBN: 9780851513232
[Number in stock: 4]
The man who regularly lectured to theological students, preached on average five times a week and authored enough material to fill forty-eight enormous volumes could scarcely be expected to show enthusiasm for correspondence. Yet the Complete Works of John Calvin include another eleven columes of his corresponence.
He wrote to kings and princes, reformers and friends, nobility and common people alike. His letters discuss affairs of State, but also the most mundane problems of everyday life, and through them all is revealed a man of deep pastoral concern, consistent and exemplary evangelistic zeal, with a humble sense of the final authority of God and his Word.
This selection, chosen from the 19th century translation, contains a number of letters written in connection with the establishment of the Reformation in England, a cross-section of Calvin's correspondence with his closest friends, especially William Farel, and also Luther and Melanchthon. There are also letters of pastoral counsel and encouragement, and perhaps most moving of all, Calvin's exhortations to five young men imprisoned in Lyons, France, awaiting the day of their certain martyrdom.
All of these letters, long and short are of historical interest. But their permanent significance lies in the reminder they provide of a great work of God, and the example they set of compassionate Christian care, and a deep concern for the advance of the gospel wherever it is proclaimed. Calvin's personal ambition undergirds each letter: 'It is enough that I live and die for Christ who is ot his followers a gain both in life and death.
Letters John Calvin Selected Bonnett Edition with introductory biographical
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