John Calvin as sixteenth-century prophet

First edition

1 online resource (223 p.); 4: Calvin, the Prophets, and the French (Holy) WarsA HOLY ZEAL? CALVIN'S EFFORTS TO REFORM FRANCE; PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: WAR AND CALVIN'S PLANS FOR FRENCH REFORM; 5: War and Calvin's Purpose in his Training Lectures; THE ORIGINS OF WARFARE: PAPISTS, IDOLATRY, AND EARLY MODERN FRANCE; The Madness of the Idolaters; The Incurable Condition of Idolaters (including Nicodemites); We Shall Overcome; RAISING UP PROPHETS FOR WAR; Calvin's School for the Prophets; Prophetic Authority and Calling; Calvin's Prophets Raised up by God to Replace the Catholic Priests; Cover; John Calvin as Sixteenth-Century Prophet; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; 1: The "I" of Calvin; CALVIN'S PROPHETIC AWARENESS REVISITED; Calvin on Prophecy: Revealing his Apparent Inconsistency; STRUCTURE AND AIMS; 2: Prophets and Prophecy up to Calvin; PROPHECY IN EARLY AND MEDIEVAL WESTERN CHRISTENDOM; Early and Medieval Thinking on Prophecy: Tradition 1; Early and Medieval Thinking on Prophecy: Tradition 2; The Two Traditions in the Middle Ages; The Existence of Prophets in the Middle Ages; THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD; Description based upon print version of record; Dewey classification: 284.2092; General Context: The Early Modern Era and the Two Traditions on ProphecyIDOLATRY, ANABAPTISTS, AND PROPHECY; The Confusion Caused by Anabaptism; THE EARLY MODERN PROPHET-REFORMER; 3: Calvin, the Prophet; IDENTIFYING CALVIN'S PREFERENCE FOR OLD TREATMENT PROPHECY; Historical Distance and Ambiguity: Calvin on the New Testament Office of Prophet; Relevance and Familiarity: Calvin on the Old Testament Prophetic Office; MAKING SENSE OF THIS PREFERENCE: CALVIN'S EMULATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS; FROM EMULATION TO IDENTIFICATION: CALVIN AS (OLD TESTAMENT) PROPHET; SUMMARY; Includes bibliographical references and index; Publication place: Oxford; TRAINING FOR WARFARE: CALVIN ON THE FRENCHMONARCHY AND CIVIL AUTHORITIESThe King's Prerogative?; All Monarchs are Selfish, Inhuman, and Mad; Calvin's "Seditious" Prophets: Monarchs are Tyrannical and Enemies of Christ's Gospel; WARFARE AND PRAYER: ENTREATING THE LORD OF HOSTS FOR VICTORY OVER THE GODLESS ENEMY; CALVIN'S LECTURES AS WAR PREPARATIONS; THE PROPHET AND HIS HOLY WAR; 6: Reducing the World to Order; Bibliography; Index