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Of Prayer: A Perpetual Exercise of Faith

Of Prayer: A Perpetual Exercise of Faith

by John Calvin

John Calvin (1509–1564) was a French theologian who became the leading figure of the Reformation in Geneva. Trained in law and humanist scholarship, he published the first edition of his Institutes of the Christian Religion in 1536, at twenty-six, and spent his life preaching, lecturing, and organizing the Genevan church. His commentaries on nearly the whole Bible and the final 1559 Institutes anchor our Reformed collection.

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First published
1559
Category
Prayer
Length
32k words · about 2 hours
Chapters
53

About this book

John Calvin's teaching on prayer, drawn from Book 3 of the Institutes of the Christian Religion and issued here on its own. Calvin presents prayer as the chief exercise of faith, the way believers lay hold of God's promises and respond to His mercy. Careful, pastoral, and firmly grounded in Scripture, it shows why prayer stands at the center of the Christian life.

Contents

  1. Outline
  2. Of Prayer. · Chapter 1.
  3. Of Prayer. · Chapter 2.
  4. Of Prayer. · Chapter 3.
  5. Of Prayer. · Chapter 4. 🔒
  6. Of Prayer. · Chapter 5. 🔒
  7. Of Prayer. · Chapter 6. 🔒
  8. Of Prayer. · Chapter 7. 🔒
  9. Of Prayer. · Chapter 8. 🔒
  10. Of Prayer. · Chapter 9. 🔒
  11. Of Prayer. · Chapter 10. 🔒
  12. Of Prayer. · Chapter 11. 🔒
  13. Of Prayer. · Chapter 12. 🔒
  14. Of Prayer. · Chapter 13. 🔒
  15. Of Prayer. · Chapter 14. 🔒
  16. Of Prayer. · Chapter 15. 🔒
  17. Of Prayer. · Chapter 16. 🔒
  18. Of Prayer. · Chapter 17. 🔒
  19. Of Prayer. · Chapter 18. 🔒
  20. Of Prayer. · Chapter 19. 🔒
  21. Of Prayer. · Chapter 20. 🔒
  22. Of Prayer. · Chapter 21. 🔒
  23. Of Prayer. · Chapter 22. 🔒
  24. Of Prayer. · Chapter 23. 🔒
  25. Of Prayer. · Chapter 24. 🔒
  26. Of Prayer. · Chapter 25. 🔒
  27. Of Prayer. · Chapter 26. 🔒
  28. Of Prayer. · Chapter 27. 🔒
  29. Of Prayer. · Chapter 28. 🔒
  30. Of Prayer. · Chapter 29. 🔒
  31. Of Prayer. · Chapter 30. 🔒
  32. Of Prayer. · Chapter 31. 🔒
  33. Of Prayer. · Chapter 32. 🔒
  34. Of Prayer. · Chapter 33. 🔒
  35. Of Prayer. · Chapter 34. 🔒
  36. Of Prayer. · Chapter 35. 🔒
  37. Of Prayer. · Chapter 36. 🔒
  38. Of Prayer. · Chapter 37. 🔒
  39. Of Prayer. · Chapter 38. 🔒
  40. Of Prayer. · Chapter 39. 🔒
  41. Of Prayer. · Chapter 40. 🔒
  42. Of Prayer. · Chapter 41. 🔒
  43. Of Prayer. · Chapter 42. 🔒
  44. Of Prayer. · Chapter 43. 🔒
  45. Of Prayer. · Chapter 44. 🔒
  46. Of Prayer. · Chapter 45. 🔒
  47. Of Prayer. · Chapter 46. 🔒
  48. Of Prayer. · Chapter 47. 🔒
  49. Of Prayer. · Chapter 48. 🔒
  50. Of Prayer. · Chapter 49. 🔒
  51. Of Prayer. · Chapter 50. 🔒
  52. Of Prayer. · Chapter 51. 🔒
  53. Of Prayer. · Chapter 52. 🔒

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