Sermons on Ephesians

Author

John Calvin

Category Sermons/Expositions

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94 in stock

Weight	2.24 lbs
Dimensions	8.8 × 5.75 × 1.8 in
ISBN	9780851511702
Binding	Cloth-bound
Topic	Biblical Studies
Original Pub Date	1562
Banner Pub Date	Feb 1, 1974
Page Count	728
Scripture	Ephesians
Format	Book

Book Description

Calvin’s sermons on Ephesian, preached on Sundays at Geneva in 1558-59, when he was 49 years of age, were first printed in French in 1562, then in English in 1577. These treasured sermons on Ephesians have long been one of the rarest of all the Reformer’s works and merited the comment of C. H. Spurgeon, a century ago, ‘The sermons are priceless.’

The fact that this was the first publication of an entire series of Calvin’s sermons in the twentieth century underlines the comparative neglect with which this aspect of the reformer’s work has been treated. Yet Calvin was, first and foremost, a preacher—preaching customarily ten times in each fortnight—and his sermons not only moulded the citizens of Geneva and the many refugees who gathered in the capital of the Reformation, they were also read from Poland to Scotland. In Elizabethan England, Calvin’s sermons were published on a massive scale, and there, as in the rest of Europe, the Genevan pulpit method—that is, simple explanation of the text followed by exhortation and penetrating application to the conscience—became the hallmark of Reformed preaching. Thus these sermons are of historic importance.

Because Calvin was ‘the first great modern preacher,’ this material is basic to the history of preaching. For most readers, however, the sermons will be read and prized for their sheer spiritual helpfulness. It was not without reason that this material lay beside the bed of John Knox as he lay dying.

Review

Review of Sermons on Ephesians by Brian Garrard

Table of Contents Expand ↓

Sermon	Chapter-Verse	Page
1	1.1-3	7
2	1.3-4	22
3	1.4-6	35
4	1.7-10	50
5	1.13-14	66
6	1.15-18	80
7	1.17-18	97
8	1.19-23	111
9	2.1-5	127
10	2.3-6	141
11	2.8-10	155
12	2.11-13	170
13	2.13-15	185
14	2.16-19	198
15	2.19-22	213
16	3.1-6	228
17	3.7-9	242
18	3.9-12	255
19	3.13-16	270
20	3.14-19	285
21	3.21-4.2	303
22	4.1-5	317
23	4.6-8	333
24	4.7-10	348
25	4.11-12	361
26	4.11-14	376
27	4.15-16	390
28	4.17-19	405
29	4.20-24	420
30	4.23-26	433
31	4.26-28	447
32	4.29-30	461
33	4.31-5.2	476
34	5.3-5	491
35	5.8-11	506
36	5.11-14	520
37	5.15-18	535
38	5.18-21	549
39	5.22-26	564
4°	5.25-27	577
41	5.28-30	592
42	5.31-33	605
43	6.1-4	618
44	6.5-9	633
45	6.10-12	648
46	6.11-17	662
47	6.18-19	677
48	6.19-24	691