History of the Reformation in the Time of Calvin

History of the Reformation in the Time of Calvin
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History of the Reformation in the Time of Calvin (4 Volume Set)

Description of History of the Reformation in the Time of Calvin:

This is a set of four books that was originally published as eight volumes in 1867. The type has been completely reset for this edition making for easier reading. This set was out of print for 150 years. By the time d'Aubigne became a pastor in post-protestant Switzerland, the "iron-will" of Calvinism was but a memory, and Geneva was no longer the "city of God" of Calvin's time. The teachings that were the basis of the Presbyterian and the Reformed churches were revived by the theological and scholarly writings of d'Aubigne in this and other writings. This history offered post-French Revolutionary Europe and America historical reflections on the origins of their religious and political organizations. d'Aubigne, whose writings were extremely popular in the mid-19th century, is still seen as an important historian who promoted new historical methods and contemporary concepts, such as liberty and conscience, to explain the important place of Christianity in Western Civilization.

About J.h. Merle D'aubbigne:

Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigne (1794-1872), was born in Geneva, Switzerland, to French Protestant (Huguenot) parents. He was highly educated, but not as a Christian. Calvin and the Reformation was no longer a great influence in Geneva. Robert Haldane, a Scottish Presbyterian, visited the city in 1817 and as a result, many, including d'Aubigne, were converted. At this point, d'Aubigne took up theological studies and was ordained. He became the pastor of the French Reformed Church in Hamburg in 1818. He eventually spent 41 years as professor of church history in Geneva.

Description of J.h. Merle D'aubbigne, author of History of the Reformation in the Time of Calvin:

This set, originally an 8 volume work, is reprinted in these 4 volumes. The renovation of the individual, of the church, and of the human race, is the theme. If the Holy Ghost kindles the lamp of truth in man, it is (according to Calvin) to the end that the entire man should be transformed. In the Kingdom of Christ, he says, it is only the new man that flourishes and has any vigor, and whom we ought to take into account. This renovation is, at the same time, an enfranchisement; and we might assign, as a motto to the reformation accomplished by Calvin, as well as to apostolical Chiristianity itself, these words of Jesus Christ: The truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)