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Calvin

John Calvin (born Jean Cauvin, July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was a French theologian, pastor, and principal figure of the second generation of the Protestant Reformation. Born in Noyon, Picardy, France, to a notary father and a devout mother, Calvin originally trained as a humanist lawyer. After breaking from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530 during a period of intense anti-Protestant violence in France, he sough

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Calvin

John Calvin advances liberty by binding authority to law and discipline, insisting that power—civil and ecclesiastical—must operate within publicly knowable rules and accountable institutions. He maintained that the state had a responsibility to protect personal property, maintain civil peace, and provide the conditions in which business could flourish. By emphasizing ordered self-government and moral restraint, he advances a lasting insight for free societies: liberty survives where power is structured, limited, and subject to law rather than personal will.

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Augustine

Augustine (Aurelius Augustinus, 354–430 CE) was a North African theologian, philosopher, and bishop whose writings shaped Western Christianity and Latin thought. Born in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras, Algeria), Augustine received a classical education in rhetoric at Carthage, taught in Rome and Milan, and converted to Christianity in 386 under Ambrose’s influence. After returning to Africa, he became bishop of Hip

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Job

Job is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible and a prophet in Islam known as Ayyūb. Introduced as a prosperous and righteous man in the land of Uz, Job is continually tested in a bet between God and Satan. Known for his integrity and devotion to God, Job is described as ‘blameless,’ making his suffering a well-known literary tragedy. Structured between a prose prologue and epilogue, the Book of Jo

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Luther

Martin Luther (1483–1546 CE) was a German monk, theologian, professor, and reformer whose 95 Theses (1517) ignited the Protestant Reformation, fracturing Western Christendom. Born in Eisleben (Saxony), he studied law at Erfurt before a 1505 thunderstorm vow led him to join the Augustinian friars. Ordained in 1507, he earned a doctorate in theology (1512) and taught at Wittenberg University. Tormented by guilt and Anf

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Paul

Paul was born into a Jewish family with Roman citizenship, a status that afforded him unique privileges and mobility throughout the empire. Deeply devoted to Jewish tradition, he initially saw the early Christian movement as a dangerous threat to Judaism. He actively sought to suppress it, participating in the persecution of Jesus’s followers.

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Reformation Chorale

Reformation Chorale is a seminal collection of hymns and songs that emerged during the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. Comprising a wide array of musical compositions, the Reformation Chorale played a significant role in the spread of Protestant ideas and theology through congregational singing. This musical tradition, rooted in the principles of sola scriptura and congregational participation, was a key

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Wycliffe

John Wycliffe (c. 1328–1384 CE) was an English theologian, scholar, and early reformer whose bold critiques of the medieval Church earned him the title “Morning Star of the Reformation.” Educated at Oxford—where he would also later teach—Wycliffe emerged as a leading voice against ecclesiastical corruption, challenging the Church’s immense wealth, political entanglements, and theological practices.

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Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) was a Swiss pastor and theologian who led the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland—separately from Martin Luther, though around the same time. Born in the village of Wildhaus in the Swiss Alps, Zwingli studied in Vienna and Basel, where he developed a strong interest in both classical learning and Christian theology.

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Robinson

John Robinson (1576–1625 CE) was an English Separatist pastor, theologian, and one of the founders of the Congregational Church alongside Robert Browne and Henry Barrow. Born in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, he studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, embracing Puritanism before resigning from the Church of England over episcopacy and rituals. Leading the Scrooby congregation, he fled persecution to Amste

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← Back to All Books 1500–1600 AD The sixteenth century AD includes major works of the Reformation, Renaissance literature, early modern science, music, political thought, and Shakespearean drama. This section highlights Luther, Calvin, Tyndale, Rabelais, Cellini, Montaigne, Cervantes, Spenser, Bacon, Shakespeare, Galileo, Kepler, and other major voices of the early modern world. Read More No books match this filter.

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Calvin (Smith)

A Compend of the Institutes of the Christian Religion

Commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians

Commentaries on Hebrews

Commentaries on Jeremiah and the Lamentations

Commentaries on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians

Commentaries on Romans

Commentaries on the Book of Joshua

Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel

Commentaries on the Catholic Epistles

Commentaries on the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis

Commentaries on the First Twenty Chapters of Ezekiel

Commentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses

Commentaries on the Twelve Minor Prophets

Commentaries on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon

Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists

Commentary on Corinthians

Commentary on the Book of Psalms

Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah

Commentary on the Gospel According to John

Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles

Complete Indexes to the Institutes of the Christian Religion

Institutes of the Christian Religion

Institutes of the Christian Religion

Institutes of the Christian Religion

On the Christian Faith

Sermons on Job

Theological Treatises

Tracts and Treatises

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Calvin (Smith)

A Compend of the Institutes of the Christian Religion

Commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians

Commentaries on Hebrews

Commentaries on Jeremiah and the Lamentations

Commentaries on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians

Commentaries on Romans

Commentaries on the Book of Joshua

Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel

Commentaries on the Catholic Epistles

Commentaries on the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis

Commentaries on the First Twenty Chapters of Ezekiel

Commentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses

Commentaries on the Twelve Minor Prophets

Commentaries on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon

Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists

Commentary on Corinthians

Commentary on the Book of Psalms