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| PRODUCT TITLE | JOHN CALVIN'S SERMONS OF GALATIANS / HARDCOVER |
| ISBN NUMBER | 9780851516998 |
| CATEGORY TYPE | CALVINISM |
| AUTHOR/EDITOR | JOHN CALVIN |
| PUBLISHER | BANNER OF TRUTH |
| PRODUCT Type. | Books |
| Summary | NA |
| FORMAT | HARDCOVER |
| SELLING PRICE | $39.50* |
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DESCRIPTION
Calvin's forty-three sermons on Galatians, preached in French between 14 November 1557 and 8 May 1558, were taken down in shorthand by Denis Raguenier, the professional scribe hired for this pirpose by the French emigrants in Geneva. They were later published and sold, but — in a decision which typified the remarkable practical Christianity which Genevan believers had learned from Calvin's preaching — the proceeds were used to provide relief for poor French-speaking refugees.
First translated into English in 1574 by the indefatigable Arthur Golding, the sermons are here translated afresh from the original French by Kathy Childress, a graduate of the University of London specialising in Renaissance French literature. She and her husband, a Baptist minister, have three children.
Translators who have lived for a number of years with a text are often able to speak with an unusually intimate awareness of the impact of the original material. Thus Kathy Childress writes in her introduction:
‘Calvin exposes human nature with profound insight…he brings this world into sharp focus and enables us to see its frivolity. However, he does not leave us to wallow in despair, but points us to the Saviour…No sinner, having read these sermons, could mistake the remedy…The Lord Jesus Christ is the focal point…There is judgement here, enough to make the sinner quake with fear, but then there is also mercy to warm the heart and lift the fainting spirit’.
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