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The first edition of Calvin’s Institutes appeared in 1536, when Calvin was only twenty six years old. It contains six chapters, and became an instant bestseller. The second edition was published in 1539, and was expanded to seventeen chapters, including new references to the works of Augustine, Origin, and other Church Fathers, as well as chapters on the knowledge of God, predestination, and...

alibi (1 Tim. 2:5.) unicum Dei et hominum Mediatorem illum nuncupat, annon ad precationes respicit, quarum ante pauio meminerat? Siquidem pro omnibus hominibus intercedendum praefatus, in eius sententiae confirmationem mox subnectit, unum esse omnium Deum et unum mediatorem.—Neque vero aliter interpretatur Augustinus, quum sic loquitur [contra Parmenian. lib. 2. c. 8.]: “Homines Christiani invicem se commendant orationibus suis. Pro quo autem nullus interpellat, sed ipse pro omnibus, hic unus verusque
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