Treatises Against the Anabaptists and Against the Libertines
Treatises Against the Anabaptists and Against the Libertines
- Author: John Calvin
- Length: 336
- Edition: Paperback
- Publisher: Baker Academic
Description of Treatises Against the Anabaptists and Against the Libertines:
Calvin's tracts on the Anabaptists and the Libertines contain some of his most significant ethical and theological reflections. In Against the Anabaptists Calvin examines that group's rejection of infant baptism, its excommunication of members after the second admonition, its refusal to bear arms, and its withdrawal from politics and government. Calvin's treatise Against the Libertines incisively refutes that group's pantheistic determinism, Gnostic Christology, libertine view of Christian liberty, and denial of a future resurrection.
Information on Treatises Against the Anabaptists and Against the Libertines from the publisher:
Calvin's tracts on the Anabaptists and Libertines contain some of his most significant ethical and theological reflections and remain the two most important of his French pieces. These two treatises are here translated into modern English and introduced by Benjamin Wirt Farley.In Against the Anabaptists Calvin examines that group's rejection of infant baptism, its excommunication of members after the second admonition, its refusal to bear arms, and its withdrawal from politics and government. He concludes by treating the doctrines of the incarnation and the soul's state after death.Calvin's treatise Against the Libertines incisively refutes that group's pantheistic determinism, Gnostic Christology, libertine view of Christian freedom, and denial of a future resurrection. This work is, in the translator's words, "a valuable resource for exploring anew both Calvin's rejection of mysticism and his concern for the believer's 'spiritual union' with Christ."
About John Calvin:
Benjamin Wirt Farley is Younts Professor Emeritus of Bible, Religion, and Philosophy at Erskine College. He is the translator of John Calvin's Sermons on the Ten Commandments.
Description of John Calvin, author of Treatises Against the Anabaptists and Against the Libertines:
Calvin's tracts on the Anabaptists and the Libertines contain some of his most significant ethical and theological reflections. In Against the Anabaptists Calvin examines that group's rejection of infant baptism, its excommunication of members after the second admonition, its refusal to bear arms, and its withdrawal from politics and government. Calvin's treatise Against the Libertines incisively refutes that group's pantheistic determinism, Gnostic Christology, libertine view of Christian liberty, and denial of a future resurrection.