Institutes of the Christian Religion

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Christian literature Reformation-era text theological work

Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin’s seminal 16th-century theological work that systematically outlines Reformed Protestant doctrine and became a foundational text of Calvinism.

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Institutio Christianae Religionis 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian literature ⓘ
Reformation-era text ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
author John Calvin ⓘ
book1Subject knowledge of God the Creator ⓘ
book2Subject knowledge of God the Redeemer in Christ ⓘ
book3Subject the way in which we receive the grace of Christ ⓘ
book4Subject the external means or aids by which God invites us into the society of Christ ⓘ
bookCountInFinalEdition 4 ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin 16th century ⓘ
containsDoctrine church discipline ⓘ
divine sovereignty ⓘ
justification by faith ⓘ
predestination ⓘ
sacramental theology ⓘ
countryOfFirstPublication Switzerland ⓘ
expandedFrom 1536 edition ⓘ
finalEditionLanguage Latin ⓘ
finalMajorEditionYear 1559 ⓘ
genre dogmatic theology ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ
hasEdition 1536 edition ⓘ
1539 edition ⓘ
1543 edition ⓘ
1550 edition ⓘ
1559 edition ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational text of Calvinism ⓘ
key text of the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
major work of Reformed Protestantism ⓘ
influenced Reformed churches ⓘ
surface form: Continental Reformed churches

Presbyterianism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
Reformed churches ⓘ
Reformed confessions of faith ⓘ
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Humanist scholarship ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
intendedAudience educated laity ⓘ
pastors ⓘ
students of theology ⓘ
movement Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1536 ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySubject Christian theology ⓘ
Protestant doctrine ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
structure four books in the 1559 edition ⓘ
theologicalTradition Calvinism ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
translatedInto Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ

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Swiss Reformation → hasKeyDocument → Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
Confession de foi du chrétien → influencedBy → Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
Reformed churches → influencedByDocument → Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
John Calvin → knownFor → Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
Jehan Cauvin → notableWork → Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
John Calvin → notableWork → Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
De praedestinationis doctrina → relatedWork → Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Institutio Christianae Religionis