Loading... Please wait...Hated and loved by many, John Calvin remains, after 450 years, one of the most controversial figures of church history. His influence on Western civilization has been enormous. Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion became the manifesto of the Reformation. Calvin turned Geneva into the arsenal of Christianity, flooding the world with tracts, books, sermons, and missionaries. This is a very readable and concise introduction to his thinking.
Author
W. Gary Crampton is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College and Whitefield Theological Seminary. He is the author of numerous books on Christianity and Reformed Theology, including What the Puritans Taught.