[Corin Stormhands]

This is great -- reading the Institutes step by step.

You may want to sit down before you read this, but I appreciate this too. I've got so many things on my reading list(s) that I'd probably never get around to reading these on my own.

Doing it this way, with the commentary is very helpful.

Thanks, ksen.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

You may want to sit down before you read this, but I appreciate this too.

Thanks for the warning, CS. Those dead faints can be unsightly. 8~)

[RnMomof7]

I am really glad to read it too

Actually ths is a "Christian thing" not really a Calvinist thing..remember there was no such thing as "Calvinism" when he wrote this systematic way of looking at God and our relationship to him

This was a note written to me..worth posting

Credits to the author. That may prefer to be unnamed

"The Institutes of the Christian Religion is universally acknowledged by real theologians of virtually every stripe as one of the most important books in the history of Christianity. The only reason why it is not widely known today is because today's Protestants are mostly Arminians."

The book actually defined French spelling and grammar from that point on. Prior to Calvin, the French language was a disorganized mess. Calvin's Swiss French had a standardizing effect on the language!

This was a MONUMENTALLY significant book.

And as I understand it, Calvin's editor was the man who actually created the chapter and verse designations which are now universally used for the Bible. (I am not sure whether this started with the Institutes or with Calvin's Commentary, however.)"