Resources on Calvin, Farel and The Reformation in Geneva

Online Resources

• The History of Protestantism, Volume 2, by W. A. Wiley : Book 13 -From the rise of Protestantism in France (1510) to the Publication of the Institutes (1536) and Book 14 - Rise and Establishment of Protestantism in Geneva
• The History of the Christian Church, Volume 8, by Philip Schaff The Reformation in French Switzerland or The Calvinistic Movement See Chapters 7 - 19.
• The World of the Renaissance and Reformation : Chapter 14: Reformation in Geneva by Bill Gilbert - a good one chapter account.

• Calvin's Birthplace: Noyon, France

• Geneva Today includes The Wall of Reformers

John Calvin

• BELIEVE: John Calvin: General Information By Noll and Reid
• Glimpses: John Calvin
• Richard Hookers' dISCOVERY aND rEFORMATION: John Calvin . . Calvin: oN cIVIL gOVERNEMENT
• Keifer's Calvin Page
• Victor Shepherd's Heritage Page - Calvin
• Catholic Encyclopedia: John Calvin
• Calvin & Strasbourg: September 1538 - September 1541 By Roger Nicole
• Calvin and the Reformation by B. B. Warfield
• Theodore Beza's Biography of John Calvin
• Who was John Calvin?
• Meet the Reformer A Second-Generation Reformer
• More Biographical pages: Biography (1) and links . . biography (2) . . a longer biography (3)
• Wie was Johannes Calvijn? A great site with plenty of pages, but in Dutch, includes a a Dutch Links list

Guilliame Farel

• William Farel (1489-1565) A Short Appreciation by Herman Hanko on the William Farel Society site.
• Guillaume Farel, la vie de, par F. Bevan (French site with four part account of Farel's life)

Calvin's Writings

• Institutes of the Christian Religion : Beverage Translation
• John Calvin's Tracts and Treatises, Vols. 1 & 2 plus some links
• Calvin's Commentaries
• On The Christian Life and On Prayer by John Calvin (from the Institutes)
• A Reformation Debate: Calvin and Sadolet
• The Necessity of Reforming the Church by John Calvin
• Calvin's Preface to the Psalter
• The Genevan Confession English and French
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Calvin
• a Links list
• links: writings

Articles about Calvin

• The Divine Majesty of the Word - John Calvin: The Man and His Preaching By John Piper
• Calvin's Damascus By John Woodbridge
• Calvin: The Right Man at the Right Time
• The Theology of John Calvin and John Calvin The Theologian by Benjamin B. Warfield (1851-1921)
• The Pastoral Theology of John Calvin by Mark Ryan
• John Calvin - Theologian of the Reformation
• John Calvin: Reformer, Pastor, and Theologian by Paul R P Hoole
• John Calvin on Evangelism and Missions by Ray Van Neste
• John Calvin's use of the Sursum Corda by Jack Kinnear
• The Burning of Servetus: The Scarring of Calvin By Michael Beates

Calvinism: The System of Doctrine

• What is Calvinism? by Benjamin B. Warfield from the Sola Gratia Page - More articles by Warfield and others there.
• Calvinism: The Meaning And Uses of the Term by Benjamin B. Warfield (1851-1921)
• The Five Points of Calvinism by R. L. Dabney
• The Five Points of Calvinism by Herman Hanko, Homer Hoeksema, and Gise J. Van Baren
• Calvin And Calvinism From The Sovereignty of Grace, Chapter 5, by Arthur C. Custance, Ph.D.
• The Abraham Kuyper Stone Lectures on Calvinism
• Calvinism in History by Loraine Boettner
• Calvinism and Culture: A Historical Perspective By Irving Hexham
• Genevan Psalter includes Midi's

Calvin Study Centers

• H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies includes Calvin Bibliography 1998 and Meeter Center Research Guide (pdf)
• Calvin Studies Society includes Publications of the Society
• Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics : includes a page of Historic Church Documents
• The John Calvin Center

Bibliographies

• Bibliography: Calvin & the International Reformation
• Premise Bibliography on John Calvin
• Bibliography of Calvin and Calvinism
• Calvin Bibliography 1998
• Neue Literatur zur zwinglischen Reformation (1995) (German Bibliographical site)

Multimedia:

• Probably the best resource for Calvin's works is a CDRom available from AGES Software Their Comprehensive John Calvin Collection Calvin's works as well as the Works of Augustine, The History of the Reformation in the Time of Calvin, by D'Aubigne, and lots more. A good price can be gotten through Christian Book Distributors Stock no. WW09571.
• Zwingli and Calvin a 28 minute Video available on these two Swiss Reformers

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