Calvin's Institutes in the Continental Line

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

   • Calvin's Institutes (24 lectures, with study guides and transcripts) David B. Calhoun (Covenant Theological Seminary, Presbyterian Church in America) 24 lectures Open source Doctrinal Covenant Theological Seminary via The Gospel Coalition Courses
   • The Theology of Calvin's Institutes (Books 1-2), Reformed Academy course R. Carlton Wynne (Orthodox Presbyterian Church; Westminster Theological Seminary) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum / Reformed Academy Host Richard Pratt is PCA and the lesson scripts are Reformed, but the inserted 'forum' interview clips include non-confessional evangelicals (e.g. Craig Keener, continuationist; John Oswalt, Wesleyan; Darrell Bock, dispensational). Thirdmill also lets lessons be used across traditions, so canon and inspiration are...
   • Meeter Center free lectures (e.g. David Noe, 'Theodore Beza as Exegete, Humanist, and Polemicist', 10 Nov 2016; Matthew Tuininga, 'Politics and the Kingdom of God', 6 Mar 2018) Various Calvin scholars Open source Supplementary H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, Calvin University

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

   • Institutes of the Christian Religion (Beveridge translation) John Calvin Open source Doctrinal 1845. Public domain Both are historians/editors in a denomination that now admits women to office (contrary to the historic reading of 1 Tim. 2-3 assumed by the Church Order of Dort and the Form of Church Government). Their items here are historical and editorial, not doctrinal instruction, and neither is known for teaching against the...
   • Institutio Christianae Religionis (1559, Latin), CCEL vol. 1 John Calvin Open source Primary text 1559. Public domain Both are historians/editors in a denomination that now admits women to office (contrary to the historic reading of 1 Tim. 2-3 assumed by the Church Order of Dort and the Form of Church Government). Their items here are historical and editorial, not doctrinal instruction, and neither is known for teaching against the...
   • On the Christian Life (extract from the Institutes, Book III.6-10) John Calvin Open source Supplementary Public domain Both are historians/editors in a denomination that now admits women to office (contrary to the historic reading of 1 Tim. 2-3 assumed by the Church Order of Dort and the Form of Church Government). Their items here are historical and editorial, not doctrinal instruction, and neither is known for teaching against the...
   • Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism Zacharias Ursinus Open source Doctrinal 1888 (Williard trans.). Public domain

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.

   • Institucion de la religion cristiana (Valera, 1597) at the Internet Archive Juan Calvino; trans. Cipriano de Valera 1,106 scanned images; PDF, EPUB and OCR text Open source Supplementary 1597. Public domain
   • Institucion de la religion cristiana, Wikisource transcription index Juan Calvino; Cipriano de Valera; Luis de Usoz (ed.) Open source Supplementary 1597. 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.