John Calvin on Christ and the Scriptures in Translation

John Calvin was one of the most influential leaders of the Protestant Reformation. In 1536, he published his most significant work, Institutes of the Christian Religion. 

However, a year before publishing this influential work, Calvin wrote a concise statement about Christ and the Scriptures. This work appeared as a preface in the French Bible produced by his cousin, Robert Pierre Olivétan.

In this article, we examine this early writing and Calvin’s view of the central place of Christ in the Scriptures and in the life of Christians. We will see from this brief study that Calvin’s high view of Christ and the Scriptures led to a high view of the translation of the Scriptures for...

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