The Reformation

Resources on The Reformation

9 resources on The Reformation, in curated order

1. Topic 4: How Reformed Theology Shapes Liturgy

   PDFBy Dr. John H. LeithBibliographies2019

   The bibliography traces the Reformed liturgical tradition through its primary sources: Farel’s La Maniere et fasson (1524), Zwingli’s Zurich Liturgy (1525), Oecolampadius’s Form and Manner (1525), Calvin’s Form of Church Prayers from Strassburg and Geneva, and à Lasco’s Forma ac Ratio (1550). Elsie Anne McKee’s essay on the Calvinist liturgy provides essential commentary.

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2. Topic 22: Reformed Theology of the Family

   PDFBy Dr. John H. LeithBibliographies2019

   Primary readings include Calvin’s Ecclesiastical Advice, Robert Kingdon’s Adultery and Divorce in Calvin’s Geneva, and Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics III/4 on the relationship between man and woman. Secondary works survey the theology and practice of Christian marriage, sexuality, and household ethics across the Reformed tradition, from sixteenth-century Geneva to the twentieth century.

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3. Topic 31: John Calvin: Selected Readings

   PDFBy Dr. John H. LeithBibliographies2014

   Primary texts are Calvin’s Instruction in Faith (1537), selections from the Institutes covering all four books, Calvin’s Ecclesiastical Advice, and Elsie Anne McKee’s edition of Calvin: Writings on Pastoral Piety. The bibliography serves as an introduction to Calvin’s thought as a whole, tracing his theology, his pastoral practice, and his vision of the church through a carefully selected range of primary sources.

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4. Topic 35: Calvin’s Institutes, 1541 Edition

   PDFBy Dr. John H. LeithBibliographies2016

   The bibliography focuses entirely on the 1541 French Edition of the Institutes of the Christian Religion in Elsie Anne McKee’s translation (Eerdmans, 2009). Reading this edition gives direct access to Calvin’s own mature theological voice before the Institutes reached its final Latin form, and to the particular pastoral and rhetorical character of Calvin’s French prose as he addressed the church of his own day.

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5. The Church and Its Ministry

   RecordingBy Dr. John H. LeithSermons & LecturesThe Warfield Lectures, lecture 21989

   The second Warfield Lecture examines the nature of the church and its ordained ministry within the Reformed theological framework, drawing on Scripture and the classic Reformed confessional tradition.

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6. Distinctions of Presbyterian Heritage

   RecordingBy Dr. John H. LeithSermons & Lectures1961

   A lecture on what is distinctive about the Presbyterian and Reformed heritage: theologically, ecclesially, and in its approach to ministry and the Christian life.

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7. The Reformation and History

   RecordingBy Dr. John H. LeithSermons & Lectures1985

   A lecture on how the Protestant Reformation understood history as the arena of God’s providential action, and what this means for the church’s self-understanding and mission.

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8. Remembering the Reformation

   RecordingBy Dr. John H. LeithSermons & Lectures1990

   Dr. Leith reflects on the significance of the Protestant Reformation: its theological recovery of the gospel and its enduring importance for the church today.

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9. Baptism in Reformed Faith and Worship

   PDFBy Hughes Oliphant OldWorship Leadership2005

   A course on baptism in Reformed faith and worship: its biblical roots, its evolution in late antiquity, the medieval abuses, and the sixteenth-century reform of the rite, with a view to making the sacrament more meaningful in the congregation today.

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