Resources on Calvin

(1) Audio-Visual Resources

• John Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation (I) – His Influence and Early Life
• John Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation (II) – The Geneva Years
  [Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation Timeline to accompany “Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation” lecture]  (Polish)
• Calvin Versus Pighius
• Calvin on Justification: Considering the Judgment Day With Singular Delight
• “Christ Is Made Ours:” John Calvin on Union
• John Calvin’s Doctrine of the Covenant  (Prof. Engelsma)
• Calvin Versus Darwin: Anniversaries, Origins and Worldviews

Watch a video clip in Portuguese of lectures given in Portugal on “Calvin’s Battle for the Reformation.”

(2) Written Resources

Calvin Articles

• Calvin’s Institutes: A Comparison Between the 1536 and 1559 Editions
• Calvin Versus Sadolet  (Spanish)
• John Calvin’s Integrated Covenant Theology (1): The Unity of the Covenant  (Spanish)
• John Calvin’s Integrated Covenant Theology (2): The Nature of the Covenant  (Spanish)
• John Calvin’s Integrated Covenant Theology (3): The Blessings of the Covenant  (Spanish)
• Calvin’s Doctrine of the Call  (Hungarian)
• Calvin on Justification: Considering the Judgment Day With Singular Delight  (short version)  (Indonesian)
• Calvin on Justification: Considering the Judgment Day With Singular Delight  (long version)
• John Calvin on the Wonder of the Psalms  (Portuguese)
• Calvin Vs. Darwin: Anniversaries, Origins and Worldviews  (Indonesian)
• John Calvin on the Last Days in II Timothy 3   (Spanish)

Calvin Pamphlet

• The Christian Life (John Calvin)

Calvin Quotes

• Brief Form of a Confession of Faith (John Calvin)  (Italian)
• John Calvin’s Confessional Documents on Assurance
• John Calvin’s Other Writings on Assurance
• The Free Offer: Calvin Vs. Pighius (and John Murray)
• Uncommon Grace Quotes—Calvin
• The Organic Idea of the Church  (Portuguese)
• 8 Charges Against the Mass (John Calvin)  (Hungarian) (Italian) (Portuguese)
• The Supervision of the Lord’s Table  (Portuguese)
• Singing Psalms in Church (John Calvin)  (Hungarian) (Portuguese) (Spanish)
• No New Revelation (John Calvin)  (Portuguese)

Calvinism

• A Defense of Calvinism as the Gospel  (French) (Italian) (Portuguese) (Russian) (Tagalog)
• Calvinism … the Truth (Arminianism, the Lie)  (Italian)
• TULIP: The Five Points of Calvinism (Chinese) (Danish) (Hiligaynon) (Hungarian) (Italian) (Spanish) (Tagalog) (Thai) (Ukrainian)

Calvin Book Reviews

• Sermons on Galatians (John Calvin)
• Come Out From Among Them: Calvin’s Anti-Nicodemite Writings (John Calvin)

(3) Books

Sermons by Calvin

• Sermons on Melchizedek and Abraham
• Sermons on Election and Reprobation
• Sermons on Psalm 119
• Sermons on the Deity of Christ

Other Books by Calvin

• Calvin’s Calvinism
• The Necessity of Reforming the Church
• Come Out From Among Them

Calvin’s Theology

• The Reformed Faith of John Calvin – David Engelsma  (Italian)

Calvinism

• Saved by Grace – Ron Cammenga and Ron Hanko  (Italian) (Portuguese) (Romanian) (Spanish) (Ukrainian)
• The Five Points of Calvinism – David Engelsma and Herman Hanko (Indonesian) (Polish) (Polish audio)
• Hyper-Calvinism and the Call of the Gospel – David Engelsma  (Hungarian) (Portuguese)
• Modern Moderate Calvinism – A. I. Morgan

Church History

• Portraits of Faithful Saints – Herman Hanko  (Burmese) (German) (Italian) (Portuguese) (Tagalog)
• The Sixteenth-Century Reformation of the Church – David Engelsma (ed.)  (German) (Italian) (Portuguese)

       

(4) Related Resource Pages

• Calvinism Resources
• Reformation Resources
• Psalm Singing Resources

      

(5) Creeds Influenced by Calvin

• Geneva Catechism (1545) – written by Calvin
• French Confession (1559) – an expansion of a draft by Calvin, which he based on the Confession of Paris (1557)
• Belgic Confession (1561) – written by Guido de Brès and “willingly approve[d]” by Calvin
• Heidelberg Catechism (1563) – written by Calvin’s disciples, Zacharius Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus

      

(6) Protestant Reformed Theological Journal Articles on Calvin

• Calvin’s Doctrine of the Trinity – David Engelsma
• Calvin’s Theory of “Semen Religionis” – Homer C. Hoeksema
• “Nothing But a Loathsome Stench”: Calvin’s Doctrine of the Spiritual Condition of Fallen Man – David Engelsma
• Recent Bondage of John Calvin: A Critique of Peter A. Lillback’s The Binding of God – David Engelsma
• The Doctrine of Justification in the Theology of John Calvin – David Engelsma
• Another Look at Calvin and Common Grace – Ronald Cammenga
• The Doctrine of Predestination in Calvin and Beza – Herman Hanko
  • Part 1 – Introduction and the Problem as it Arises From Calvin’s Writings
  • Part 2 – The Problem in a Comparison of Calvin and Beza
  • Part 3 – An Analysis of the Issues
  • Part 4 – The Teachings of Calvin and Beza on Predestination
• The Relation Between the Lutheran and Calvin Reformation – Herman Hanko
• A Comparison of Exegesis: John Calvin and Thomas Aquinas – Russell Dykstra
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
• A Review of “Calvin, Theologian and Reformer” – Angus Stewart

      

(7) Other Off-Site Resources

• John Calvin: Swiss Reformer – a chapter from Herman Hanko, Portraits of Faithful Saints   (Tagalog)
• John Calvin—500th Anniversary – a special Reformation issue of the Standard Bearer (2009; vol. 86, issue 3)
• John Calvin – a special Reformation issue of the Standard Bearer (2003; vol. 80, issue 2)
• John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Beveridge translation)
• John Calvin, Commentaries
• Some Other Works by Calvin
• Idelette de Bure, Wife of Calvin

 

(8) Videos of the PRC Calvin Conference (3-5 September, 2009)

• Calvin as Model for Reformed Ministers – Prof. Barrett Gritters  (Article)
• Calvin as Church Reformer – Prof. Russell Dykstra  (Article)
• Calvin as Expositor and Preacher of Holy Scripture – Rev. Steven Key  (Article)
• Calvin’s Doctrine of Justification – Rev. Angus Stewart  (Article)
• Calvin’s Struggle for Church Discipline – Prof. Ronald Cammenga  (Article)
• Calvin’s Doctrine of the Covenant – Prof. David Engelsma  (Article)
• Calvin’s Doctrine of Predestination – Rev. Chris Connors  (Article)
• Question & Answer Session