Piety's Wisdom
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Piety's Wisdom

A Summary of Calvin's Institutes with Study Questions

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Piety's Wisdom

A Summary of Calvin's Institutes with Study Questions

About this book

John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion presents one of the most winsome, thought-provoking, spiritually inspiring, and heart-searching summations of Christian truth ever written.

Although works exist that either offer an analysis of Calvin's views or serve as a guide to his Institutes, none fully share the aim of J. Mark Beach's Piety's Wisdom. Keeping to the form, shape, and tenor of Calvin's own work, Piety's Wisdom offers busy pastors, seminarians, interested college students, and motivated laypersons a book that presents Calvin on his own terms.

This summary can be used as an introduction to the Christian faith, as a primer for the study of Calvin, or a combination of each. While the book is suitable for individual study, the inclusion of study questions makes it an ideal tool for facilitating discussion in adult study groups.

Table of Contents:

1. Calvin's Institutes in Context (Institutes Prefatory Address)

Book One: The Knowledge of God the Creator

2. Knowing God (Institutes 1.1-5)

3. The Necessity of Scripture (Institutes 1.6-9)

4. The True God (Institutes 1.10-13)

5. The Creation of All Things (Institutes 1.14-15)

6. Divine Providence (Institutes 1.16-18)

Book Two: The Knowledge of God the Redeemer in Christ, First Disclosed to the Fathers under the Law, and Then to Us in the Gospel

7. The Fall and Human Corruption (Institutes 2.1-5)

8. The Way of Redemption in Christ (Institutes 2.6-8)

9. Christ the Redeemer – Promise and Fulfillment (Institutes 2.9-11)

10. The Person of Christ (Institutes 2.12-14)

11. The Work of Christ (Institutes 2.15-17)

Book Three: The Way in Which We Receive the Grace of Christ: What Benefits Come to Us From It, and What Effects Follow

12. The Holy Spirit – Our Bond to Christ: Faith and Repentance (Institutes 3.1-5)

13. The Christian Life (Institutes 3.6-10)

14. Justification by Faith Alone (Institutes 3.11-14)

15. Justification, Good Works, and Christian Liberty (Institutes 3.15-19)

16. Prayer (Institutes 3.20)

17. Predestination (Institutes 3.21-24)

18. Future Glory (Institutes 3.25)

Book Four: The External Means or Aids by Which God Invites Us Into the Society of Christ and Hold us Therein

19. The Church of Christ (Institutes 4.1-2)

20. The Church's Office-bearers and Ecclesiastical Power (Institutes 4.3-13)

21. The Sacraments (Institutes 4.14)

22. Christian Baptism (Institutes 4.15-16)

23. The Lord's Supper (Institutes 4.17-19)

24. The Duties of the Civil Magistrate (Institutes 4.20)

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Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Bibliography
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. 1 Calvin's Institutes in Context
  8. Book One
  9. 2 Knowing God
  10. 3 The Necessity of Scripture
  11. 4 The True God
  12. 5 The Creation of All Things
  13. 6 Divine Providence
  14. Book Two
  15. 7 The Fall and Human Corruption
  16. 8 The Way of Redemption in Christ
  17. 9 Christ the Redeemer
  18. 10 The Person of Christ
  19. 11 The Work of Christ
  20. Book Three
  21. 12 The Holy Spirit
  22. 13 The Christian Life
  23. 14 Justification by Faith Alone
  24. 15 Justification, Good Works, and Christian Liberty
  25. 16 Prayer
  26. 17 Predestination
  27. 18 Future Glory
  28. Book Four
  29. 19 The Church of Christ
  30. 20 The Church's Officebearers and Ecclesiastical Power
  31. 21 The Sacraments
  32. 22 Christian Baptism
  33. 23 The Lord's Supper
  34. 24 The Duties of the Civil Magistrate