People need to stop forming opinions of Calvin without having read Calvin for themselves. Tole lege! (For lay people, I recommend the two-volume Battles edition.)
Reformed Classics
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Ursinus was the chief author of the Heidelberg Catechism. Thankfully, his commentary on the catechism is still in print and remains a wealth of sixteenth century Protestant thought. An excellent resource for anyone studying or teaching the Heidelberg Catechism.
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A massive three-volume gold mine from the seventeenth century Genevan scholar and Reformed Scholastic Francis Turretini. Once the standard Reformed systematic for seminary students (before the days of Hodge and Berkhof), Turretin's Institutes have recently been translated from Latin into English, making this treasure accessible to every English-reading pastor and student of systematic and historic theology.
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If you are interested in Reformed theology, you MUST read Berkhof! This is the standard textbook for the seven loci of theology: prolegomena (Scripture), theology proper (God), anthropology (man), Christology (Christ), soteriology (salvation), ecclesiology (church), and eschatology (last things). If you are series about learning theology, you should start with Berkhof.
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