1568 – Jean Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion | Geneva Folio, Calvinism

A rare, 16th-century English translation of John Calvin’s Institutio Christianae relgionis, or Institutes of Christian Religion. It is still widely read and considered highly influential in Western world Christianity. At its core, Institutes was intended to provide Christians inspiration in their living as well as being an introductory work to those new to the faith. It attacked those who opposed Calvin’s teachings, most notable Roman Catholicism.

Institutes was immensely popular during the 16th-century and has since been held in the same respect as Augustine’s City of God, Aquinas’s Summa Theologica, Melanchthon’s Loci Communes and other important Christian doctrines. The final two added tables of this book are by Augustin Marlorat.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Institutio Christianae religionis : additi sunt nuper duo indices, ante ab A. Marlorato collecti
• Author(s): Jean Calvin
• Contributor(s): Augustin Marlorat (Index editor)
• Publisher: Genevae, Excudebat Franciscus Perrinus
• Edition: 1568.
• Format: Folio; single volume
• Binding: Leather over marbled boards
• Size:  13.5 in x 9.25 in (34.3 cm x 23.5 cm)
• Collation: [16], 596, [76]
• Contents Include:
  • Institutio Christianae Religionis in Latin
  • Two indices compiled by Augustin Marlorat
• Reference(s): USTC 450136

Condition:

Very Good. Leather binding with rubbed edges and corners. Marbled boards show signs of wear. The text block remains solid and clean. No missing pages.

Why Collect This?

• Geneva folio printing of Calvin’s theology
• Features indices by executed Huguenot reformer
• Latin text published during Calvin’s lifetime

Item Number: # 29625