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Au milieu de tant d'épreuves – lettres de consolation
Jean Calvin le réformateur fut avant tout un pasteur. Sa volumineuse correspondance en témoigne : il écrit à des hommes et des femmes de toutes conditions pour les exhorter à la foi. Ses lettres de direction spirituelle, qui impliquent une relation personnelle affectueuse avec ses destinataires, sont ainsi centrées sur l’édification et la consolation. Elles sont aussi un moyen important pour la diffusion de la doctrine réformée.
Voilà pourquoi nous avons souhaité proposer au lecteur d’aujourd’hui cette sélection de 15 lettres traduites en français contemporain, introduites et annotées. Leur intérêt dépasse en effet les circonstances historiques de leur rédaction. Écrites pour consoler les croyants « sous la Croix », elles peuvent encore servir à ceux qui sont affligés ainsi qu’à ceux qui veulent les aider.
Voilà pourquoi nous avons souhaité proposer au lecteur d’aujourd’hui cette sélection de 15 lettres traduites en français contemporain, introduites et annotées. Leur intérêt dépasse en effet les circonstances historiques de leur rédaction. Écrites pour consoler les croyants « sous la Croix », elles peuvent encore servir à ceux qui sont affligés ainsi qu’à ceux qui veulent les aider.
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160 pages, Paperback
Published July 7, 2020
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John Calvin
1,743 books543 followersFrench-Swiss theologian John Calvin broke with the Roman Catholic Church in 1533 and as Protestant set forth his tenets, known today, in
Institutes of the Christian Religion
(1536).
The religious doctrines of John Calvin emphasize the omnipotence of God, whose grace alone saves the elect.
* Jehan Cauvin
* Iohannes Calvinus (Latin)
* Jean Calvin (French)
Originally trained as a humanist lawyer around 1530, he went on to serve as a principal figure in the Reformation. He developed the system later called Calvinism.
After tensions provoked a violent uprising, Calvin fled to Basel and published the first edition of his seminal work. In that year of 1536, William Farel invited Calvin to help reform in Geneva. The city council resisted the implementation of ideas of Calvin and Farel and expelled both men. At the invitation of Martin Bucer, Calvin proceeded to Strasbourg as the minister of refugees. He continued to support the reform movement in Geneva, and people eventually invited him back to lead. Following return, he introduced new forms of government and liturgy. Following an influx of supportive refugees, new elections to the city council forced out opponents of Calvin. Calvin spent his final years, promoting the Reformation in Geneva and throughout Europe.
Calvin tirelessly wrote polemics and apologia. He also exchanged cordial and supportive letters with many reformers, including Philipp Melanchthon and Heinrich Bullinger. In addition, he wrote commentaries on most books of the Bible as well as treatises and confessional documents and regularly gave sermons throughout the week in Geneva. The Augustinian tradition influenced and led Calvin to expound the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation.
Calvin's writing and preaching provided the seeds for the branch of Protestantism that bears his name. His views live on chiefly in Presbyterian and Reformed denominations, which have spread throughout the world. Calvin's thought exerted considerable influence over major figures and entire movements, such as Puritanism, and some scholars argue that his ideas contributed to the rise of capitalism, individualism, and representative democracy in the west.
The religious doctrines of John Calvin emphasize the omnipotence of God, whose grace alone saves the elect.
* Jehan Cauvin
* Iohannes Calvinus (Latin)
* Jean Calvin (French)
Originally trained as a humanist lawyer around 1530, he went on to serve as a principal figure in the Reformation. He developed the system later called Calvinism.
After tensions provoked a violent uprising, Calvin fled to Basel and published the first edition of his seminal work. In that year of 1536, William Farel invited Calvin to help reform in Geneva. The city council resisted the implementation of ideas of Calvin and Farel and expelled both men. At the invitation of Martin Bucer, Calvin proceeded to Strasbourg as the minister of refugees. He continued to support the reform movement in Geneva, and people eventually invited him back to lead. Following return, he introduced new forms of government and liturgy. Following an influx of supportive refugees, new elections to the city council forced out opponents of Calvin. Calvin spent his final years, promoting the Reformation in Geneva and throughout Europe.
Calvin tirelessly wrote polemics and apologia. He also exchanged cordial and supportive letters with many reformers, including Philipp Melanchthon and Heinrich Bullinger. In addition, he wrote commentaries on most books of the Bible as well as treatises and confessional documents and regularly gave sermons throughout the week in Geneva. The Augustinian tradition influenced and led Calvin to expound the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation.
Calvin's writing and preaching provided the seeds for the branch of Protestantism that bears his name. His views live on chiefly in Presbyterian and Reformed denominations, which have spread throughout the world. Calvin's thought exerted considerable influence over major figures and entire movements, such as Puritanism, and some scholars argue that his ideas contributed to the rise of capitalism, individualism, and representative democracy in the west.
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August 22, 2021
Très encourageant de lire ces lettres de Jean Calvin. J'ai particulièrement apprécié le fait de voir le cœur pastoral de Jean Calvin, et l'importance d'une bonne théologie pour réconforter de la bonne manière ceux qui souffrent.
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