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Institutes of Christian Religion, The
Outline: John Calvin's Insititutes has established itself as "one of the most important theological works ever written," writes Tony Lane. This abridged edition of the Institutes provides a readable and affordable sampler of Calvin's greatest work. Lane has condensed the 1559 edition, retaining the heart of Calvin's teaching on all his major themes and making the material accessible to non-specialists, Hilary Osborne has rewritten Henry Beveridge's translation in "simpler and more modern English." The result is "a selection from the Institutes which is manageable for the average modern reader, in terms of length and intelligibility." Lane reminds us that Calvin designed the Institutes "above to be a practical book, to be a book about the Christian life ... [Calvin] requires of all doctrine that it be scriptural and that it be useful for Christian living,"
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