Table of Contents
Translator's Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations x
1 France at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 1
The Political Situation 1
Crown and Church 2
Religious Humanism and the Evangelical Movement 5
Chapter Bibliography 8
2 Calvin's Early Development 10
Preparatory Education 10
A Dedicated Student 12
"The Die Is Cast" 15
Chapter Bibliography 16
3 Calvin's Conversion 18
"Sudden Conversion" (subita conversio) 19
The Events in Paris 21
Via Media 22
Chapter Bibliography 24
4 The Institutes of the Christian Religion 25
Basel 26
First Edition of the Institutes (1536) 28
Reproduction and Transformation 30
Church and Sacrament 31
Letters from Ferrara 34
Chapter Bibliography 35
5 Geneva, 1536-1538 37
Background 37
The Significance of the Alliance 38
Breakthrough of the Reformation 40
Chaos 42
Church Order and Catechism 44
Pierre Caroli 46
Sharp Differences 47
Chapter Bibliography 49
6 Strasbourg, 1538-1541 51
Background 51
Bucer and the Parish Wardens 52
Preaching and Pastoral Care among the French Refugees 55
Exegetical Activity 57
The 1539 Institutes 58
Treatise on the Lord's Supper 59
Hagenau, Worms, and Regensburg 61
Marriage 62
Connection with Geneva 62
Return to Geneva 63
Chapter Bibliography 65
7 Geneva, 1541-1546: Organization 68
The Four Offices 69
Compagnie des pasteurs 70
The Elder 71
Tension between Magistracy and Consistory 72
Catechesis and Liturgics 75
The Correlation between Doctrina and Disciplina 77
Sebastian Castellio 80
Chapter Bibliography 81
8 Geneva, 1546-1555: Crisis 84
Pierre Ameaux 84
Challenge to Church Authority 85
Baptismal Names 87
Tensions andThreats 89
Hieronymus Bolsec 90
Jean Trolliet 92
Michael Servetus 94
Calvin's Role in the Conviction of Servetus 94
Controversy over the Independent Authority of the Church 99
Ouster of the Libertines 101
Chapter Bibliography 102
9 Geneva, 1555-1564: Consolidation 104
Relationship with Bern 104
Calvin's Influence on the City 106
The Academy 108
The 1559 Institutes 111
The Church at the Center 114
Relationship with Rome 116
Relationship with the Zwinglians and Lutherans: The Lord's Supper 118
Calvin's Vision of the Unity of the Church 121
The End of Calvin's Life 123
Chapter Bibliography 124
10 Contours of Calvin's Theology 127
Aversion to Scholastic Theology 127
Erasmus, Luther, and Bucer 129
Different Approaches, Same Message 131
Word and Spirit 133
Grace 136
Election 139
The Church as Communion with Christ 140
Corpus Christi and Corpus Christianum 142
Chapter Bibliography 143
11 Calvin's Influence 148
The Church of Geneva as a Model 148
Correspondence 150
Dedications 151
Confessio Gallicana 155
Discipline ecclesiastique 156
The Netherlands 158
Scotland 160
England 162
The Palatinate 163
Heidelberg 164
Calvinism: Unity in Diversity 165
Chapter Bibliography 167
Select General Bibliography 173
Index 177
