John Calvin Studies

John Calvin (1509–1564) was a leading theologian in the Protestant Reformation. We invite and encourage you to read Dr. Elsie Anne McKee’s first ever English translation of his Institutes of the Christian Religion, from his very accessible 1541 French edition, which the Foundation helped publish. See more information on our Publications page.

We also invite and encourage you to read the Ford Lewis Battles translation of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, from the later and larger 1559 Latin edition. Here is a plan to do that a few pages at a time:

Calvin’s Institutes in a Year

 

 

The Foundation is grateful to provide here a full set of the papers presented at the Colloquia on Calvin Studies, 1982–2006, an organization also established by Dr. John H. Leith. For better resolution, you may want to download these .pdf files using Adobe Reader.

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Calvin Studies I: Papers Presented at a Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College Presbyterian Church and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, March 19–20, 1982
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Charles M. Swezey, “The Significance of Calvin’s Tract Against the Anabaptists for the Church Today,” pp. 1–15
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Ben W. Farley, “The Theology of Calvin’s Tract Against the Libertines,” pp. 16–28
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Alexander McKelway, “The Importance of Calvin Studies for Church and College,” pp. 29–39
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Milner S. Ball, “The Significance for Political Theory and Action of Calvin’s Sermons on Second Samuel,” pp. 40–51
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Douglas Kelly, “Note on the Historical and Textual Background of the II Samuel Sermons,” pp. 52–54
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John Calvin, “Sermon VI, From Friday, the fifth day of June, 1562, II Samuel, Chapter 2,” translated by Douglas Kelly, pp. 55–65
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John Calvin, “Sermon XXIX on First Samuel (I Samuel 8:11–22),” translated by Douglas Kelly, pp. 66–77
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Calvin Studies II: Presented at a Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College Presbyterian Church and Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, January 13–14, 1984
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John DeBevoise, “Calvin’s Polity and the Practical Theology of Karl Barth,” pp. 1–5
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Timothy George, “The Church as the Congregation,” pp. 6–20
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William J. Bouwsma, “Calvinism as Renaissance Artifact,” pp. 21–32
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David N. Wiley, “The Church as the Elect,” pp. 33–54
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John H. Leith, “Calvin’s Doctrine of the Proclamation of the Word and Its Significance for Today in the Light of Recent Research,” pp. 55–78
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John Walchenbach, “Calvin’s Vision of the Christian Community,” pp. 79–87
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Brian Armstrong, “Response to Dr. Walchenbach,” pp. 88–91
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Charles Raynal, “The Place of the Academy in Calvin’s Polity,” pp. 92–103
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Douglas F. Kelly, “Calvin’s Defense of Luther in His Congratulations to Gabriel of Saconay,” pp. 104–108
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John Calvin, “Congratulations to the Venerable Presbyter, Lord Gabriel of Saconay, Precentor of the Church at Lyon, for the Beautiful and Elegant Preface the He Wrote for the Book of the King of England,” translated by Douglas F. Kelly, pp. 109–118
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John Calvin, Essay on the Lord’s Supper from “The Form of Prayers,” 1542 and 1545, translated by Benjamin W. Farley, pp. 119–123
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Calvin Studies III: Presented at a Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College and Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, January 17–18, 1986
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Alexander J. McKelway, “The Colloquium and the 450th Anniversary of the Reformation in Geneva,” pp. 1–4
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Z. N. Holler, “Calvin’s Exegesis of the Sermon on the Mount,” pp. 5–20
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George W. Stroup, “Narrative in Calvin’s Hermeneutic,” pp. 21–32
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Elsie McKee, “Calvin’s 1536 Institutes: The Church’s Book,” pp. 33–38
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Charles Partee, “Calvin’s Central Dogma Again,” pp. 39–46
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Jack Forstman, “Coherence and Incoherence in the Theology of John Calvin: Reflections on Word and Spirit after 25 Years,” pp. 47–62
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Benjamin W. Farley, “Calvin’s Ecclesiastical Advice,” pp. 63–72
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Hughes Oliphant Old, “John Calvin and the Prophetic Criticism of Worship,” pp. 73–87
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Brian G. Armstrong, “Remarks on the State of the Presbyterian Church and Its Commitment to Theological Tradition,” pp. 89–93
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Allen McSween, “The Possibility of the Renewal of Reformed Theology in the Church,” pp. 95–99
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Calvin Studies IV: Presented at a Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College and Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, January 15–16, 1988
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William Klempa, “John Calvin on Natural Law, pp. 1–24
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Timothy George, “John Calvin and the Agreement of Zurich (1549),” pp. 25–40
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Charles L. Cooke, “Calvin’s Illnesses and Their Relation to Christian Vocation,” pp. 41–52
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Roland M. Frye, “Calvin’s Theological Use of Figurative Language,” pp. 73–94
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James L. Mays, “Calvin’s Commentary on the Psalms: The Preface as Introduction,” pp. 95–104
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Carlos M. N. Eire, “‘True Piety Begets True Confession”: John Calvin’s Attack on Idolatry,” pp. 105–133
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Elsie McKee, “John Calvin on the Elder Illuminated by Exegetical History,” pp. 135–143
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Calvin Studies V: Presented at a Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College and Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, January 19–20, 1990
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John H. Leith, “The Davidson Colloquium on Calvin Studies: A Brief History,” pp. 3–5
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Presentations for Distinguished Service to Calvin Studies, p. 6 + four unnumbered pages of pictures
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Thomas F. Torrance, “The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity: Gregory of Nazianzen and Calvin,” pp. 7–19
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Wilhelm H. Neuser, “Calvin Studies: A Review. The Work of the Calvin Congresses and their Future Tasks and Goals,” pp. 21–27
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I. John Hesselink, “Governed and Guided by the Spirit—A Key Issue in Calvin’s Doctrine of the Holy Spirit,” pp. 29–40
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Edward A. Dowey, “Heinrich Bullinger as Theologian: Thematic, Comprehensive, Schematic,” pp. 41–60
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E. Randolph Daniel, “The Spread of Apocalypticism, 1188–1500: Why Calvin Could Not Reject It,” pp. 61–71
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Charles E. Raynal, “John Calvin’s Teaching About Eternal Life: Its Reformation Setting and Religious Significance,” pp. 73–93
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W. Fred Graham, “The Constructive Revolutionary Revisited,” pp. 95–101
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James C. Goodloe IV, “The Body in Calvin’s Theology,” pp. 103–117
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Merwyn Johnson, “Calvin’s Significance for Evangelism Today,” pp. 119–133
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Rodolphe Peter, “The Geneva Primer or Calvin’s Elementary Catechism,” translated by Charles E. Raynal, pp. 135–161
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Calvin Studies VI: Presented at a Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College and Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, January 17–18, 1992
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Heiko A. Oberman, “John Calvin: The Mystery of His Impact,” pp. 1–14
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Iain S. Maclean, “The First Pietist: An Introduction and Translation of a Communion Sermon by Jodocus van Lodenstein,” pp. 15–34
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Ross J. Miller, “Calvin’s Understanding of Psalm-Singing as a Means of Grace,” pp. 35–48
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Ross J. Miller, “Music and the Spirit: Psalm-Singing in Calvin’s Liturgy,” pp. 49–58
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P. Mark Achtemeier, “Reflections on Calvin’s Catechetics,” pp. 59–76
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Thomas J. Davis, “An Intermediate Brilliance: The Words of Institution and the Gift of Knowledge in Calvin’s Eucharistic Theology,” pp. 77–86
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Donald K. McKim, “Death, Funerals and Prayers for the Dead in Calvin’s Theology,” pp. 87–98
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Richard A. Ray, “John Calvin on Theatrical Trifles in Worship,” pp. 99–109
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Hughes Oliphant Old, “Biblical Wisdom Theology and Calvin’s Understanding of the Lord’s Supper,” pp. 111–136
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David Willis-Watkins, “Calvin’s Theology of Pastoral Care,” pp. 137–146
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Calvin Studies VII: Presented at a Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College and Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, January 28–29, 1994
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Philip W. Butin, “Christ’s Ministry and Ours: A Trinitarian and Reformed Perspective on the Ministry of the Whole People of God,” pp. 1–13
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David F. Wright, “Sixteenth Century Reformed Perspectives on the Minority Church,” pp. 15–29
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William Klempa, “Barth as a Scholar and Interpreter of Calvin,” pp. 31–49
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Hughes Oliphant Old, “Calvin as Evangelist: A Study of the Reformer’s Sermons in Preparation for the Christian Celebration of Passover,” pp. 51–60
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Hughes Oliphant Old, “What Is Reformed Spirituality? Played Over Again Lightly,” pp. 61–68
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Hughes Oliphant Old, “Matthew Henry and the Puritan Discipline of Family Prayer, pp. 69–91
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Calvin Studies VIII: The Westminster Confession in Current Thought, Presented at the Colloquium on Calvin Studies held January 26–27, 1996, at Davidson College and the Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina
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John Leith, “The Westminster Confession in Its Historical, Social and Theological Context,” pp. 1–13
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Richard A. Muller, “‘The Only Way of Man’s Salvation’: Scripture in the Westminster Confession,” pp. 14–33
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Timothy George, “Baptists and the Westminster Confession,” pp. 34–41
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James C. Goodloe IV, “The Influence of the Westminster Confession of Faith on American Culture,” pp. 42–57
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J. Wayne Baker, “Heinrich Bullinger, the Covenant, and the Reformed Tradition in Retrospect,” pp. 58–75
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David Wright, “Baptism at the Westminster Assembly,” pp. 76–90
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Stanley R. Hall, “The Westminster Directory and Reform of Worship,” pp. 91–105
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D. G. Hart, “The Spirituality of the Church, The Westminster Standards, and Nineteenth-Century American Protestantism,” pp. 106–118
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Calvin Studies IX: Papers Presented at the Ninth Colloquium on Calvin Studies, Davidson College and the Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson, North Carolina, January 30–31, 1998
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Calvin Studies IX group picture
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Herman Selderhuis, “Calvin’s Theology of the Psalms,” pp. 1–15
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Anthony Lane, “Bondage and Liberation in Calvin’s Treatise against Pighius,” pp. 16–45
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David Wright, “Was John Calvin a ‘Rhetorical Theologian’?” pp. 46–69
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Richard Muller, “Directions in Current Calvin Research,” pp. 70–87
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Max Engammare, “Calvin: A Prophet without a Prophecy,” pp. 88–107
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Gerhard Sauter, “Reflections on the State of Reformed Theology in Central Europe, pp. 108–112
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Robert Kingdon, “Efforts to Control Hate in Calvin’s Geneva,” pp. 113–122
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Calvin Studies X: John Calvin and the Interpretation of Scripture, Papers Presented at the 10th Colloquium of the Calvin Studies Society, at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, January 28–29, 2000
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Herman J. Selderhuis, “Faith between God and the Devil: Calvin’s Doctrine of Faith as Reflected in His Commentary on the Psalms,” pp. 188–205
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Frank A. James III, “The Legacy of Peter Martyr and the Martyr Translation Project,” pp. 206–222
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George Hunsinger, “A Tale of Two Simultaneities: Justification and Sanctification in Calvin and Barth,” pp. 223–245
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Willem van’t Spijker, “The Sealing with the Holy Spirit in Bucer and Calvin,” pp. 246–266
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Darryl G. Hart, “The Irony of Contemporary Presbyterian Worship,” pp. 267–288
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Calvin Studies XI: John Calvin and the Interpretation of Scripture, Papers Presented at the 11th Colloquium of the Calvin Studies Society, at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, March 1–2, 2002
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David F. Wright, “Calvin’s Commentary and Sermons on Acts 1–7: A Comparison,” pp. 290–306
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Randall Zachman, “Calvin’s Sermons on Ephesians: Expounding and Applying Scripture,” pp. 307–330
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Richard Burnett, “John Calvin and the Sensus Literalis,” pp. 331–342
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Gary Neal Hansen, “John Calvin’s Non-Literal Interpretation of Scripture: On Allegory,” pp. 343–354
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Merwyn Johnson, “Calvin and the Patterns of Identity in Reformed Theology,” pp. 355–367
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Anthony N. S. Lane, “The Role of Scripture in Calvin’s Doctrine of Justification,” pp. 368–384
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Calvin Studies XII: Papers Presented at a Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West, South Carolina, January 27–28, 2006
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E. David Willis, “Acts of God and the Mediation of Grace According to Calvin, pp. 7–20
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Alisdair Heron, “If Luther Will Accept Us with Our Confession . . .”: The Eucharistic Controversy in Calvin’s Correspondence up to 1546, pp. 21–35
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Hughes Oliphant Old, “The Covenantal Dimension of Calvin’s Eucharistic Theology,” pp. 37–53
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Herman J. Selderhuis, “Calvinismus Heidelbergensis: The Heidelberg Theological Faculty and the Discussions about Predestination 1583–1622,” pp. 55–71
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Charles Partee, “Calvin’s So-Called Epistemology,” pp. 73–84
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Elsie A. McKee, “Calvin’s Sermons: Suspected, Unique, and Prized,” pp. 85–110
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G. Christopher Scruggs, “Toward a Post-Modern Reformed Polity,” pp. 111–136
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Anthony N. S. Lane, “Was Calvin a Crypto-Zwinglian?” pp. 137–156
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Alexander McKelway, “The Importance of Calvin Studies for Church and College,” pp. 29–39
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Calvin’s Institutes (1541 edition) in a Year
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Calvin’s Institutes in 2009
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Calvin’s Institutes in a Year