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Font of Pardon and New Life is a study of the historical development and impact of John Calvin's doctrine of baptism, both adult (or believer) baptism and infant baptism. Did Calvin intend to teach a kind of baptismal forgiveness and regeneration, that is, did he believe that the external sign 
of baptism actually conveys the spiritual realities it signifies? If baptism does serve in some way as an instrument of divine grace for Calvin, what then are the roles of the Word, the Holy Spirit, divine election, and individual faith? Are spiritual blessings conferred only in adult (believer) 
baptism or also in the baptism of infants? Did Calvin's teaching on baptismal efficacy remain constant throughout his lifetime, or did it undergo significant change? What impact did it have on the Reformed confessional tradition that followed him?\nLyle D. Bierma approaches these questions by examining Calvin's writings on baptism in their entirety, proceeding chronologically through Calvin's life and writings including his 
Institutes, commentaries on the Bible, catechisms, polemical treatises, and consensus documents. Bierma concludes that 
Calvin understood baptism as a means or instrument of both assurance and grace. His view underwent some change and development over the course of his life but not to the extent that some in the past have suggested. The overall trajectory of his baptismal theology was one of increasing clarity and 
refinement of basic themes already present in incipient form in the 
Institutes of 1536.\nAbout the Author \nLyle D. Bierma is P. J. Zondervan Professor of the History of Christianity at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After receiving his PhD in Religion from Duke University in 1980, he taught church history and theology at Kuyper College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for nineteen years 
before joining the faculty at Calvin Seminary in 1999. His research and publications have focused on the early history of Reformed covenant theology, the Heidelberg Catechism (1563), and John Calvin.

Font of Pardon and New Life: John Calvin and the Efficacy of Baptism (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology)

History

Bierma, Lyle D.

World

Oxford University Press

The Heidelberg Catechism, first approved in 1563, is a confessional document of the Protestant movement considered one of the most ecumenical of the confessions. Published to coincide with the catechism's 450th anniversary, this book explores the Heidelberg Catechism in its historical setting and emphasizes the catechism's integration of Lutheran and Reformed traditions in all of its major doctrines. An appendix contains a translation of the Heidelberg Catechism recently prepared and adopted by three of the Reformed denominations that recognize the catechism as one of their confessions: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Reformed Church in America, and the Christian Reformed Church in North America.

The Theology of the Heidelberg Catechism: A Reformation Synthesis (Columbia Series in Reformed Theology)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Westminster/John Knox Press

The Heidelberg Catechism, first approved in 1563, is a confessional document of the Protestant movement considered one of the most ecumenical of the confessions. Published to coincide with the catechism's 450th anniversary, this book explores the Heide

Paperback. Small stain to top edge of leaves; else good.

German Calvinism in the Confessional Age: The Covenant Theology of Caspar Olevianus

Baker Pub Group

A revealing and stimulating description of the sixteenth-century reformer and his theory and practice of marriage and divorce. Bucer was known as a marriage broker as well as a marriage breaker; his views were first rejected and later neglected, yet they have an all-time freshness. Marriage and Divorce offers Bucer's revolutionary and astonishingly modern views on divorce. It takes away the misunderstandings that have for centuries surrounded Bucer in this matter and it is an important contribution to gender studies.

Marriage and Divorce in the Thought of Martin Bucer (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies)

Selderhuis, Herman J.

Vriend, John

Truman State Univ Pr

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Font of Pardon and New Life: John Calvin and the Efficacy of Baptism (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology)

The Theology of the Heidelberg Catechism: A Reformation Synthesis (Columbia Series in Reformed Theology)

The Theology of the Heidelberg Catechism: A Reformation Synthesis (Columbia Series in Reformed Theology)

German Calvinism in the Confessional Age: The Covenant Theology of Caspar Olevianus

Marriage and Divorce in the Thought of Martin Bucer (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies)