(1509-1564) One of the most influential reformers, his workwas of significance throughout Europe andbeyond. Elsie Anne McKee is Archibald Alexander Professor of Reformation Studies and the History of Worship at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Karin Maag, H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, Calvin
College and Seminary
"This sparkling translation of John Calvin's 1541 French Institutes
offers modern-day readers in the English-speaking world the
opportunity to read Calvin's first version of his masterwork
intended for a general audience. Elsie McKee is to be commended for
her faithful yet accessible translation of this key text." Henri
Blocher, Faculté Libre de Theologie Evangélique, Wheaton College
Graduate School
"A major event for Calvin students! English-language readers can,
at last, access and use the 1541 version of the Institutes.
Scholars of repute consider this version the most admirable of all:
it combines freshness and maturity, it is not overloaded with
polemical developments, and, as the first theological work in the
vernacular, it made a decisive contribution toward shaping modern
French. It is a landmark in Calvin's corpus. Elsie McKee's
translation, checked against the original French, remains
scrupulously accurate, while it reads with ease and harmonious
fluidity." Herman J. Selderhuis, Theologische Universiteit
Appeldoorn
"I am impressed with what Elsie McKee has accomplished. It is
amazing how she has managed to translate Calvin's smooth French
into an English that is a pleasure to read. Even more important,
however, is that she has made this important work of Calvin
accessible for a wide audience, so all can experience the stimulus
that reading Calvin can give to the church and theology today." I.
John Hesselink, Western Theological Seminary
"The 1541 edition of the Institutes has long been considered a gem
among the various editions of Calvin's classic. Its special virtues
are that it is more concise than the final 1559 edition and also
more pastoral and practical, reflecting Calvin's years in the
ministry. Finally we have a superb English translation of this
edition by a premier Calvin scholar. Elsie McKee knows Calvin and
knows French. The result is a wonderful contribution to Calvin
studies in the English-speaking world. Readers of this version will
gain fresh perspectives and new insights into the Reformer's
theology." J. I. Packer, Regent College
"Any who wish to encounter Calvin's systematic theology at its most
pastoral, freest from controversial preoccupations, and mediated
through superlative translation, should devour this rendering of
the Reformer's own French version of the second edition of his
Institutes. This volume should win Calvin many new friends."
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