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Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book Three by John Calvin (1509–1564). Translated by Henry Beveridge.

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Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly influential in the Western world and still widely read by theological students today, it was published in Latin in 1536 and in his native French in 1541, with the definitive editions appearing in 1559 (Latin) and in 1560 (French).

The book was written as an introductory textbook on the Protestant faith for those with some learning already and covered a broad range of theological topics from the doctrines of church and sacraments to justification by faith alone and Christian liberty, and it vigorously attacked the teachings of those Calvin considered unorthodox, particularly Roman Catholicism to which Calvin says he had been "strongly devoted" before his conversion to Protestantism. The over-arching theme of the book – and Calvin's greatest theological legacy – is the idea of God's total sovereignty, particularly in salvation and election.

The Institutes are a primary reference for the system of doctrine adopted by the Reformed churches, usually called Calvinism.

Book Three of the Institutes, "which contains a full exposition of the Third Part of the Apostles’ Creed, treats of the mode of procuring the grace of Christ, the benefits which we derive and the effects which follow from it, or of the operations of the Holy Spirit in regard to our salvation." (Summary from Wikipedia & Book 3 Argument)
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Last edited by TriciaG on October 8th, 2010, 12:19 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Post by dii »

Hi Tricia! :D

I'll take section 1 :)
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Yay! My first reader! 8-)
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Thank you!:)
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Section 01
02.49 'indiscriminately' in text read as 'indiscriminantly' "VI. As all do not indiscriminately embrace the fellowship of Christ offered in the Gospel"
03.20 'alleviated' in text read as 'allevelated' "VII. Lastly, As the hard warfare which the Christian................it is shown how it may be alleviated by meditating on the final resurrection."

I didn't know that viz is pronounced as 'videlicet', thanks dii.
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dabbler wrote:Section 01
02.49 'indiscriminately' in text read as 'indiscriminantly' "VI. As all do not indiscriminately embrace the fellowship of Christ offered in the Gospel"
03.20 'alleviated' in text read as 'allevelated' "VII. Lastly, As the hard warfare which the Christian................it is shown how it may be alleviated by meditating on the final resurrection."

I didn't know that viz is pronounced as 'videlicet', thanks dii.
I didn't know either, but Google is my friend :P :mrgreen:

Thanks for the notes, I'll fix these in a minute ^^
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Section 1 is edited and re-uploaded, new time is 3:35 :)
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When I see "viz" I just say, "that is..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viz
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Hi Tricia,
Till about half an hour ago, before I knew videlicet, viz was for me to be pronounced as 'viz' and 'that is' was usually reserved for i.e, . But videlicet does sound very grand, doesn't it? :lol:
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Post by IndigoXiphoid »

Hi Tricia,
I'm interested in PL'ing the first section if you like.
I warn you in advance that I have not yet PL'ed but I'm willing to try my best :)
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It'd be a good one for you to practice on, then. :)

Go for it. All it really needs is to spot check the edits required in THIS POST, but you may go ahead and listen to the whole thing, with proof-listening in mind, to get the feel for how to do it. Post or PM me with questions.

P.S. It's up to you if you want, but I've got at least one section in Antiquities of the Jews that needs proof-listening, since I'm PL'ing the sections but can't PL my own sections. Hee hee! CLICK HERE to go to the thread. I'll have two more sections up today, Lord willing.
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Post by IndigoXiphoid »

I noted the spots that needed improvement and it looks like they were changed according to suggestion.

Also I can try to do the other PL if you would like, I'm unfortunately on my University campus right now and it's far too noisy to do so right now but I can try to have it done by tomorrow evening.

Hope that helps.
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Perfect - thanks!
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Post by musil »

I claim section 3.

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