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Bruce Gordon's Calvin, Yale University Press, 2009, is the standard modern biography, situating John Calvin within the complex ecclesiastical relationships and shifting politics of sixteenth-century Europe. It covers Calvin's 1541 return to Geneva after his 1538 exile, the Ecclesiastical Ordinances that created the Consistory, and the 1559 founding of the Genevan Academy that trained Reformed pastors sent out across the continent.
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Major university press academic biography by the Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School, widely reviewed as the standard modern introduction to Calvin's life. NotesUsed for Calvin's 1541 return to Geneva and the Genevan Academy's 1559 founding.
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AuthorBruce Gordon
PublisherYale University Press
Publication Year2009
Source Typeacademic biography
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Source CalvinBruce Gordon Geneva, Cities This source names Geneva directly: "It covers Calvin's 1541 return to Geneva after his 1538 exile, the Ecclesiastical Ordinances that created the Consistory, and the 1559 founding of the Genevan Academy that trained Reformed pastors..."
Source CalvinBruce Gordon This source names John Calvin directly: "Bruce Gordon's Calvin, Yale University Press, 2009, is the standard modern biography, situating John Calvin within the complex ecclesiastical relationships and shifting politics of sixteenth-century..."
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