Loading…

Letters of John Calvin, Vol. I–IV is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Letters of John Calvin (4 Vols.) contains four volumes of Calvin’s correspondence. This collection includes over 600 letters written between 1528 and 1564. His first letters were written as he studied in Paris; the last letter was written from his deathbed. In between, we find letters to other Reformers such as Martin Luther and John Knox, as well as letters to kings and government...

CCXXXVIII.—TO VIRET1 Death of Idelette do Bure, the wife of Calvin. April 7, 1549. Although the death of my wife has been exceedingly painful to me, yet I subdue my grief as well as I can. Friends, also, are earnest in their duty to me. It might be wished, indeed, that they could profit me and themselves more; yet one can scarcely say how much I am supported by their attentions. But you know well enough how tender, or rather soft, my mind is. Had not a powerful self-control, therefore, been vouchsafed
Volume 2, Page 202
Buy this book at Logos.com