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The Faith of the Church: A Commentary on the Apostle’s Creed according to Calvin’s Catechism is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Apostles’ Creed presents the foundation of Christian faith. The interpretive version of the Apostles’ Creed formulated by the Swiss reformer John Calvin in his catechism has been the basis of Protestant theological education for centuries. In The Faith of the Church, Karl Barth—one of the powerful and enduring theologians of modern Protestantism—reinterprets the Apostles’ Creed according to...

QUESTIONS 32–33. What does the name Jesus which you apply to him mean?—It means what the Greeks meant by the word σωτήε. In Latin there is no proper name which rightly expresses its force. Hence the term Savior was commonly accepted. Moreover, the angel gave this name to the Son of God by the command of God himself (Matt. 1:21). Does this mean more than if men had given it to him?—Certainly. For since God wished him to be thus named, it is necessary that he be so forthwith. The
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