Calvin's Institutes: June 3

Calvin's Institutes: June 3

John Calvin's Institutes in a Year di Christopher Michael Patton

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What does true freedom look like? Today we hear three voices from the Church’s history addressing the heart of the gospel. Tertullian warns against the dangerous mixture of philosophy and Christianity that breeds heresy. Augustine celebrates the joy of finding God in the Truth who dwells in our memory. And John Calvin powerfully reconciles the promises of the law with the gospel of grace, showing that justification by faith alone does not destroy good works but establishes them on the only sure foundation—union with Christ.

Today’s Readings: Tertullian — Prescription Against Heretics, Chapters 7–9

Augustine — The Confessions, Book 10, Chapter 24 (Section 35)

John Calvin — Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 17 — The Promises  ... 

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Church HistoryJohn CalvinReformersReformationProtestantism