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The Necessity of Reforming the Church
Calvin's polemical treatise defending the necessity of ecclesiastical reform, addressing corruption and advocating for scriptural authority in the church.
Trans. Henry Beveridge. Calvin Translation Society, Edinburgh, 1844. In: Tracts Relating to the Reformation, Vol. I. Corresponds to Corpus Reformatorum (Calvini Opera) VI. archive.org: tractsrelatingto1calv
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