Calvin's Geneva, the Academy and Reformed Church Order

1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

   • In Pursuit of Godliness: The Challenges of Reform in 16th-century Geneva Karen Spierling Open source History H. Henry Meeter Center, Calvin University Academic historians, several in the CRC milieu, not confessional subscribers in the school's sense; none of the retained lectures teaches doctrine. Retained strictly as history-context; the researcher's open question (whether history lectures by non-subscribers are acceptable) stands for the faculty.
   • The Reading of I Corinthians 14 and the Genevan Pastors' Congregation as a School of the Prophets Erik de Boer Open source History H. Henry Meeter Center, Calvin University Academic historians, several in the CRC milieu, not confessional subscribers in the school's sense; none of the retained lectures teaches doctrine. Retained strictly as history-context; the researcher's open question (whether history lectures by non-subscribers are acceptable) stands for the faculty.
   • 5 Sites in Calvin's Geneva (5 Minutes in Church History) Dr. Stephen Nichols about 5 min Open source History Ligonier Ministries

   Total: 0.1 hours

2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

   • History of the Christian Church, Vol. 8: Modern Christianity, The Swiss Reformation Philip Schaff 788 pp (PDF) Open source History Public domain
   • Genevan Ecclesiastical Ordinances, 1541 (English text) Company of Pastors / Calvin Open source Source studied 1541. Free online Academic historians, several in the CRC milieu, not confessional subscribers in the school's sense; none of the retained lectures teaches doctrine. Retained strictly as history-context; the researcher's open question (whether history lectures by non-subscribers are acceptable) stands for the faculty.
   • The Genevan Academy: Scrutinizing European Connections in the Time of Theodore Beza Anja-Silvia Goeing Open source History 2021. Free online
   • Institutes of the Christian Religion (Beveridge translation) John Calvin Open source Doctrinal 1845 trans.. Public domain Academic historians, several in the CRC milieu, not confessional subscribers in the school's sense; none of the retained lectures teaches doctrine. Retained strictly as history-context; the researcher's open question (whether history lectures by non-subscribers are acceptable) stands for the faculty.
   • The History and Character of Calvinism John T. McNeill 466 pp Open source History 1954. Free online
   • Lessons from Genevan Presbyterianism Mark J. Larson Open source History 1998. Free online

   Total: 1,254 pages

3. Assignment Write a research paper of 30 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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4. In Spanish (supplementary) Spanish-language lectures and readings, supplementary. The English lectures above remain the core; strong English lectures are translated rather than replaced by weaker Spanish ones.

   • Historia de la iglesia, leccion 11: Iglesia Reformada 1 Larry Trotter (Lawrence C. Trotter N., Ph.D.) 46 min (2783 s, ffprobe) Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara; Trotter is pastor of Florida Coast Church (PCA) and adjunct at Knox Theological Seminary PCA minister (confirmed on floridacoastchurch.org: 'Florida Coast Church (PCA)'), so a Westminster subscriber on the 1788 American text; the seminary serves the Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de Mexico (Presbiterio del Bajio), which also uses the American 23.3. His lectures on WCF chs. 20, 23 and 31 are therefore...
   • Historia de la iglesia, leccion 12: Iglesia Reformada 2 Larry Trotter (Lawrence C. Trotter N., Ph.D.) 25 min (1494 s, ffprobe) Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara; Trotter is pastor of Florida Coast Church (PCA) and adjunct at Knox Theological Seminary PCA minister (confirmed on floridacoastchurch.org: 'Florida Coast Church (PCA)'), so a Westminster subscriber on the 1788 American text; the seminary serves the Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de Mexico (Presbiterio del Bajio), which also uses the American 23.3. His lectures on WCF chs. 20, 23 and 31 are therefore...
   • Historia de la iglesia, leccion 13: Iglesia Reformada 3 Larry Trotter (Lawrence C. Trotter N., Ph.D.) 66 min (3948 s, ffprobe) Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara; Trotter is pastor of Florida Coast Church (PCA) and adjunct at Knox Theological Seminary PCA minister (confirmed on floridacoastchurch.org: 'Florida Coast Church (PCA)'), so a Westminster subscriber on the 1788 American text; the seminary serves the Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de Mexico (Presbiterio del Bajio), which also uses the American 23.3. His lectures on WCF chs. 20, 23 and 31 are therefore...
   • Dos tratados: el primero es del Papa y de su autoridad... el segundo es de la Missa (London, 1588) Cipriano de Valera 81 + 488 pages (528 scanned images); PDF and OCR text Open source Supplementary 1588. Public domain
   • Los dos tratados del Papa i de la Misa (Usoz edition, Madrid, 1851) Cipriano de Valera; ed. Luis de Usoz y Rio 756 scanned images; PDF and OCR text Open source Supplementary 1851 (Reformistas antiguos espanoles). Public domain
   • Tratado para confirmar en la fe cristiana a los cautivos de Berberia (1594; ed. 1854) Cipriano de Valera 390 scanned images; Google scan of the Harvard copy Open source Supplementary 1854 edition of the 1594 text. Public domain
   • Reina-Valera Bible (CCEL) Casiodoro de Reina; rev. Cipriano de Valera Open source Supplementary Public domain
   • La Biblia, que es los Sacros Libros del Viejo y Nuevo Testamento ('Biblia del Cantaro', Amsterdam: Lorenzo Jacobi, 1602) Cipriano de Valera (revision of Casiodoro de Reina's 1569 translation) 846 pages (Google Books) Open source Supplementary 1602. Public domain

Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.