Predestination

Resources on Predestination

6 resources on Predestination, in curated order

1. Topic 20: Election

   PDFBy Dr. John H. LeithBibliographies2014

   Seminar readings address the Reformed doctrine of election through Calvin’s chapters on eternal election (Institutes III.21-24), Calvin’s Concerning the Eternal Predestination of God, and Barth’s far-reaching reformulation of election in CD II/2. William Temple on freedom and grace and Leith’s own writings on predestination and the Christian life complete the reading list.

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2. Peter Martyr Library: Predestination and Justification — Two Theological Loci

   BookBy Translated and edited by Frank James IIIFoundation PublicationsDavenant Press2025

   Predestination and justification are two of the most distinctive doctrines associated with the Protestant Reformation. Hardback, $45.00. ISBN 9781931112277.

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3. Bondage and Liberation of the Will in Calvin

   PDFBy Anthony N. S. LaneJohn Calvin StudiesCalvin Studies IX1998

   Lane examines Calvin’s 1543 treatise against Albert Pighius on the bondage and liberation of the will, situating it within the dispute over free choice and tracing Calvin’s reply to Pighius’s first six books of objections.

   PDF, 30 pp

4. Man’s Salvation and God’s Glory in Calvin

   PDFBy Richard A. MullerJohn Calvin StudiesCalvin Studies VIII1996

   Richard A. Muller examines the doctrine of Scripture in the Westminster Confession, defending its place within the heritage of Reformed orthodoxy against critics who treat it as the sterile dogmatism of scholastic Princeton theology rather than a faithful summation of confessional belief.

   PDF, 20 pp

5. The Church and the Elect in Calvin

   PDFBy Tatha WileyJohn Calvin StudiesCalvin Studies II1984

   David N. Wiley argues that the doctrine of election is the foundation of Calvin’s ecclesiology, holding that while Calvin increasingly emphasized the visible marks of the church, the true church remains finally invisible, eternal, and invincible because grounded in God’s electing decree.

   PDF, 22 pp

6. The Heidelberg Faculty and Reformed Orthodoxy

   PDFBy Herman J. SelderhuisJohn Calvin StudiesCalvin Studies XII2006

   Herman J. Selderhuis examines the Heidelberg theological faculty between 1583 and 1622, showing how its largely Melanchthonian professors resisted the Calvinist label while answering a long list of Lutheran charges about predestination, Christology, and the sacraments.

   PDF, 17 pp