John Calvin as Sixteenth-Century Prophet

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John Calvin as Sixteenth-Century Prophet examines Calvin's sense of vocation. Jon Balserak argues that Calvin believed himself to be a prophet "placed over nations and kingdoms to tear down and destroy, to build and to plant" (Jer 1: 10). With this authority, Calvin pursued an expansionist agenda which blended the religious, political, and social towards making France, upon which he turned his attentions especially after 1555, Protestant. Beginning...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198703252

ISBN13:9780198703259

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality

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