Of Prayer: A Perpetual Exercise of Faith and the Daily Benefits Derived from It pdf

约翰加尔文是新教改革时期有影响力的法国神学家、牧师和改革家。他是后来被称为加尔文主义的基督教神学体系发展的主要人物，其方面包括预定的教义和上帝在拯救人类灵魂免于死亡和永恒的诅咒方面的绝对主权，其中加尔文的教义是受奥古斯丁和其他早期基督教传统的影响和阐述。将加尔文视为其信仰的主要阐释者的各种公理会、改革宗和长老会教会已经遍布世界各地。
加尔文是一位不知疲倦的争论和道歉的作家，他引起了很多争议。他还与包括 Philipp Melanchthon 和 Heinrich Bullinger 在内的许多改革者交换了亲切和支持的信件。除了他开创性的基督教宗教研究所之外，加尔文还为大多数圣经书籍、忏悔文件和其他各种神学论文撰写评论。
他最初是一名人文主义律师，1530 年左右脱离罗马天主教会。在法国爆发针对新教基督徒的广泛致命暴力事件后，宗教紧张局势爆发，加尔文逃往瑞士巴塞尔，并于 1536 年在那里出版了《研究所》的第一版。同年，加尔文被法国人威廉·法雷尔（William Farel）招募来帮助改革日内瓦的教会，他每周都定期在那里布道；但城市管理委员会拒绝实施他们的想法，两人都被开除。
应 Martin Bucer 的邀请，加尔文前往斯特拉斯堡，在那里他成为法国难民教会的牧师。他继续支持日内瓦的改革运动，并于 1541 年应邀返回领导该市的教会。
加尔文回来后，尽管遭到城里几个试图遏制他权威的强大家庭的反对，但他还是引入了新形式的教会管理和礼仪。在此期间，被罗马天主教徒和新教徒视为对三位一体持有异端观点的西班牙人迈克尔·塞尔维图斯（Michael Servetus）抵达日内瓦。他受到加尔文的谴责，并被市议会以异端罪名烧死在火刑柱上。随着支持难民的涌入和市议会的新选举，卡尔文的反对者被迫退出。加尔文晚年在日内瓦和整个欧洲推动宗教改革。
1536 年 3 月，加尔文出版了他的 Institutio Christianae Religionis 或 Institutes of the Christian Religion 的第一版。 [15]这部作品是为他的信仰辩护或辩护，也是对改革者教义立场的陈述。他还打算将其作为对基督教信仰感兴趣的任何人的基本指导书。这本书是他神学的第一次表达。

Of Prayer: A Perpetual Exercise of Faith and the Daily Benefits Derived from It pdf da John Calvin

John Calvin (10 July 1509 - 27 May 1564) was one of the most influential Christians of the last millennium. An influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation, Calvin was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later named after him. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530, and after religious tensions provoked a violent uprising against Protestants in France, Calvin fled to Basel, Switzerland, where he published the first edition of his seminal work "Institutes of the Christian Religion" in 1536.
Calvin was a tireless polemic and apologetic writer who generated much controversy. He also exchanged cordial and supportive letters with many reformers, including Philipp Melanchthon and Heinrich Bullinger. In addition to the Institutes, he wrote commentaries on most books of the Bible, as well as theological treatises and confessional documents. He regularly preached sermons throughout the week in Geneva. Calvin was influenced by the Augustinian tradition, which led him to expound the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation.
Calvin's writing and preachings provided the seeds for the branch of theology that bears his name. The Reformed and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as a chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world.