Description
The range and sweep of John Calvin’s theology have rarely been more comprehensively presented than by Niesel in this important book, which has long been recognised by Calvin scholars and students of Reformation theology as an essential work.
Niesel moves systematically through the great Reformer’s theology and provides a lucid exposition. He does this by breaking Calvin’s theology into categories, both major – such as the Trinity and the Bible – and more mundane – like the limits of secular government. His analysis both illuminates Calvin’s ideas and helps to set them into the framework of their time.
About the Author
Professor Dr. Wilhelm Niesel was educated at Friedrichs-Werderschen Gymnasium at Berlin and studied theology at the University of Berlin, Tübingen and Göttingen. He was Pastor in Wuppertal-Elberfeld (Germany) and later became Professor of theology at the University of Berlin.
Contents
1. The Present State of Critical Studies
2. The Knowledge of God
3. The Trinity
4. Creation and Providence
5. Sin
6. The Law of God
7. The Old and New Testaments
8. The Mediator
9. The Grace of Christ Within Us
10. The Life of a Christian Man
11. Prayer
12. God’s Eternal Election
13. The Church
14. The Sacraments
15. The Secular Government
16. The Theology of Calvin and its Structural Organization
Index
