Institutes of the Christian Religion #25 (Grace of Christ: Benefits and Effects, Penitence, Purity Required by the Gospel, etc.)

Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge

25th Reading Includes Book 3, Chapter 4, Section 22 to Chapter 5, Sections 1-4.

Book 3: The Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. The Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting From It.

Chapter 4: Penitence, As Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel. Of Confession and Satisfaction.

Chapter 5: Of the Modes of Supplementing Satisfaction -- Viz., Indulgences and Purgatory

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