institutes of the christian religion was the work written by calvin that became the textbook for reformed theology.
institutes of the christian religion was the work written by calvin that became the textbook for reformed theology.
what work written by calvin became the textbook for reformed theology?
institutes of the christian religion
john calvin (1509–64), heinrich bullinger (1504–75), wolfgang musculus (1497–1563), peter martyr vermigli (1500–62), and andreas hyperius (1511–64) belong to the second generation of reformed theologians. calvin's "institutes of the christian religion" (1536–59) was one of the most influential theologies of the era. toward the middle of the 16th century, the reformed began to commit their beliefs to confessions of faith, which would shape the future definition of the reformed faith. the 1549 "consensus tigurinus" brought together those who followed zwingli and bullinger's memorialist theology of the lord's supper, which taught that the supper simply serves as a reminder of christ's death, and calvin's view that the supper serves as a means of grace with christ actually present, though spiritually rather than bodily. the document demonstrates the diversity as well as unity in early reformed theology. the remainder of the 16th century saw an explosion of confessional activity. the stability and breadth of reformed theology during this period stand in marked contrast to the bitter controversy experienced by lutherans prior to the 1579 formula of concord.
calvinism
bullet::::- fesko, john v., beyond calvin. union with christ and justification in early modern reformed theology (1517-1700) (göttingen: vandenhoeck & ruprecht, 2012), journal of reformed theology 8 (2014), 316-318.









































bullet::::- ‘the theology of the heidelberg catechism’, in lux mundi 32/2 (2013), 40-43.









































bullet::::- ‘the dynamic character of accommodated revelation: the metaphors of the ladder and the pilgrim’s way’, in: calvinus clarissimus theologus. papers of the tenth international congress on calvin research, ed. by herman j. selderhuis, [reformed historical theology 18] göttingen 2012, 326-336.









































bullet::::- divine accommodation in john calvin's theology. analysis and assessment, rht 16, göttingen 2011.
arnold huijgen