Institutes of the Christian Religion, Volume 1:

Institutes, Vol.1: Part 1:

Table of Contents of the Electronic Version; The Original Translation's Preface

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Prefactory Address

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Subject of the Present Work [Prefixed to the last Edition, published at Geneva in 1545.]; Epistle to the Reader [Prefixed to the last Edition, revised by the Author.]; Method and Arrangement, or Subject of the Whole Work [From an Epitome of the Institutions, by Gasper Olevion.]

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General Index of Chapters [All Books]

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Begin Institutes

Chapter 1: Connection Between the Knowledge of God and the Knowledge of Ourselves. Nature of the connection.

Chapter 2: What is it to Know God. Tendency of this knowledge.

Chapter 3: The Human Mind Naturally Imbued with the Knowledge of God

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Chapter 4: This Knowledge stifled or corrupted, ignorantly or maliciously.

Chapter 5. The Knowledge of God displayed in the fabric and constant Government of the Universe.

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Chapter 6: The need of Scripture as a Guide and Teacher in coming to God as a Creator.

Chapter 7: The Testimony of the Spirit necessary to give full authority to Scripture. The impiety of pretending that the Credibility of Scripture depends on the judgement of the Church.

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Chapter 8: The Credibility of Scripture sufficiently proved, in so far as Natural Reason admits.

Chapter 9: All the principles of piety subverted by fanatics who substitute revelations for Scripture.

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Chapter 10: In Scripture, the true God opposed, exclusively, to all the gods of the Heathen.

Chapter 11: Impiety of attributing a visible form to God. The setting up of Idols a revolt against the True God.

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Chapter 12: God distinguished from Idols, that He may be the exclusive object of Worship.

Chapter 13 (first half): The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons taught in Scripture, from the foundation of the World.

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Chapter 13 (second half)

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Chapter 14: In the Creation of the World, and all things in it, the True God distinguished by certain marks from fictitious gods.

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Chapter 15: State in which man was created. The Faculties of the Soul - The Image of God - Free Will - Original Righteousness.

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Chapter 16: The World, created by God, still cherished and protected by Him. Each and all of its parts governed by His Providence.

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Chapter 17: Use to be made of this Doctrine.

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Chapter 18: The instrumentality of the wicked employed by God, while He continues free from every taint.

(... Conclusion, Book 1)

Institutes of the Christian Religion, Volume 2:

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Table of Contents (Book Second)

Subject [On the Subject of Redemption]

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Chapter 1: Through the fall and revolt of Adam the whole human race made acursed and degenerate. Of original sin.

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Chapter 2: Man now deprived of freedom of will, and miserably enslaved.

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Chapter 3: Everything proceeding from the corrupt nature of man damnable.

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Chapter 4: How God works in the hearts of men.

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Chapter 5: The Arguments usually alleged in support of free will refuted.

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Chapter 6: Redemption for man lost to be sought in Christ.

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Chapter 7: The Law given, not to retain a people for itself, but to keep alive the hope of salvation in Christ until His advent.

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Chapter 8: Exposition of the Moral Law.

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Chapter 9: Christ, though known to the Jews under the law, yet only manifested under the gospel.

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Chapter 10: The Resemblance between the Old Testament and the New.

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Chapter 11: The Difference between the two Testaments.

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Chapter 12: Christ, to perform the office of Mediator, behoved to become man.

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Chapter 13: Christ clothed with the true substance of human nature.

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Chapter 14: How two natures constitute the Person of the Mediator.

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Chapter 15: Three things briefly to be regarded in Christ; vis., His offices of prophet, king, and priest.

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Chapter 16: How Christ performed the office of Redeemer in procuring our salvation. The Death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ.

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Chapter 17: Christ rightly and properly said to have merited grace and salvation for us.

(... Conclusion, Book 2)

Institutes of the Christian Religion, Volume 3:

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Table of Contents (Book Third)

Subject [An overview of Book 3]

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Chapter 1: The Benefits of Christ made available to us by the secret operation of the Spirit.

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Chapter 2: Of faith. The Definition of it. Its peculiar properties.

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Chapter 3: Regeneration by faith. Of repentence.

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Chapter 4: Pentinence, as explained in the sophistical jargon of the Schoolmen, widely different from the purity required by the Gospel. Of confession and satisfaction.

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Chapter 5: Of the modes of supplementing satisfaction, vis., indulgences and purgatory.

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Chapter 6: The Life of a Christian man. Scriptural arguments exhorting to it.

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Chapter 7: A Summary of the Christian life. Of self-denial.

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Chapter 8: Of bearing the cross--One branch of self-denial.

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Chapter 9: Of mediating the future of life.

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Chapter 10: How to use the present life, and the comforts of it.

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Chapter 11: Of justification by Faith. Both the name and the reality defined.

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Chapter 12: Necessity of contemplating the judgement-seat of God, in order to be seriously convinced of the doctrine of gratuitous justification.

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Chapter 13: Two things to be observed in gratuitous justification.

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Chapter 14: The Beginning of justification. In what sense progressive.

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Chapter 15: The Boasted merit of works subversive both of the glory of God, in bestowing righteousness, and of the certainty of salvation.

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Chapter 16: Refutation of the caulmnies by which it is attempted to throw odium on this doctrine.

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Chapter 17: The Promises of the Law and the Gospel reconciled.

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Chapter 18: The Righteousness of works improperly inferred from rewards.

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Chapter 19: Of Christian liberty.

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Chapter 20: Of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith. The daily benefits derived from it.

Outline of Sections in Chapter 20

Sections 1-9.

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Chapter 20 (continued): Sections 10-18.

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Chapter 20 (continued): Sections 19-30.

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Chapter 20 (continued): Sections 31-44.

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Chapter 20 (continued): Sections 45-52.

Notes, Chapter 20, (End)

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Chapter 21: Of the eternal election, by which God has predestined some to salvation, and others to destruction.

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Chapter 22: This doctrine confirmed by proofs from Scripture.

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Chapter 23: Refutation of the caulmnies by which this doctrine is always unjustly assailed.

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Chapter 24: Election confirmed by the calling of God. The Reprobate bring upon themselves the righteious destruction to which they aredoomed.

Outline of Sections in Chapter 24

Sections 1-9.

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Chapter 24 (continued): Sections 10-17 (end)

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Chapter 25: Of the last resurrection.

(... Conclusion, Book 3)

Institutes of the Christian Religion, Volume 3:

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Table of Contents, Argument

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Chapter 1: Of the true Church. Duty of cultivating unity with her, as the mother of all the godly.

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Chapter 2: Comparison between the false church and the true.

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Chapter 3: Of the teachers and ministers of the Church. Their election and office.

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Chapter 4: Of the state of the primitive Church, and the mode of government in use before the papacy.

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Chapter 5: The ancient form of government utterly corrupted by the tyranny of the papacy.

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Chapter 6: Of the primacy of the Romish see.

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Chapter 7: Of the beginning and rise of the Romish papacy till it attained a height by which the liberty of the church was destroyed, and all true rule overthrown.

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Chapter 8: Of the power of the church in articles of faith. The unbridled license of the papal church in destroying purity of doctrine.

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Chapter 9: Of councils and their authority.

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Chapter 10: Of the power of making laws. The cruelty of the pope and his adherents, in this respect, in tyrannically oppressing and destroying souls.

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Chapter 11: Of the jurisdiction of the church and the abuses of it, as exemplified in the papacy.

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Chapter 12: Of the discipline of the Church, and its principal use in censures and excommunication.

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Chapter 13: Of vows. The miserable entanglements caused by vowing rashly.

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Chapter 14: Of the sacraments.

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Chapter 15: Of Baptism.

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Chapter 16: Paedobaptism. Its accordance with the institution of Christ, and the nature of the sign.

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Chapter 17 (Sections 1-25): Of the Lord's Supper, and the benefits conferred by it.

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Chapter 17 (Sections 25-end)

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Chapter 18: Of the Popish mass. How it not only profanes, but annihilates the Lord's Supper.

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Chapter 19: Of the five sacraments, falsely so called. Their spuriousness proved, and their true character explained.

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Chapter 20: Of civil government.

(... Conclusion, Book 4)

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