Contents: The Christian life -- The Christian in relation to justification by faith alone -- The Christian life in relation to providence and predestination -- The Christian life in relation to history and the transhistorical -- The Christian life in relation to church and society. Other Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 1949. Includes bibliog…
Translator's Preface -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Presuppositions -- 1. Reformation and Middle Ages -- 2. Calvin, Luther, and Zwingli -- II. Life of Calvin -- 3. Early Years, 1509-1536 -- 4. First Genevan Stay -- 5. Strassburg Stay, 1538-1541 -- Indexes -- Subjects -- Names -- Scripture References. Abstract This historically significant volume collects Karl Barth's lect…
Foreword / Richard C. Gamble -- Introductory Essays / I. John Hesselink and Donald K. McKim -- pt. 1. Origin and Structure of Calvin's Theology -- 1. Calvin's Humanistic Education -- 2. Sources of Calvin's Seneca Commentary -- 3. First Edition of the Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536) -- 4. God Was Accommodating Himself to Human Capacity -- 5. Calculus Fidei: Some Ruminations on the St…