Buy this book on-line Jean Calvin : A Treatise on RelicsJohnstone and Hunter, Edinburgh, 1854 ISBN B00087WTB8
Archival Quality for Libraries & Institutions. For much of its history the Catholic Church has countenanced the veneration of relics - objects or even bones associated with a saint, or with Jesus Christ himself, that were deemed to have healing power or some beneficial spiritual effect on believers. Despite criticism from some sceptical observers (including even St Augustine), the belief in relics has continued to this day. In the 15th and 16th centuries, when the Protestant Reformation launched a wholesale attack on Church practices, the use of relics was included among the superstitions that were deplored as a corruption of the Christian faith. John Calvin, one of the chief architects of the Reformation, published this thorough critique of relic worship in 1543. Limited to 95 numbered copies, this being NO. 41.. Illustr.: Frontispiece. -- Faithfully Reproduced --. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Card Covers Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Jean Calvin : A Treatise on Relics. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, out of print books, used books, livres illustrées and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |