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The Genevan Reformation and the American founding

Print Book, English, 2005
1st pbk. ed View all formats and editions
Lexington Books, Lanham, Md., 2005
History
xx, 484 pages ; 24 cm
9780739111062, 073911106X
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Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God
From medieval birthpangs to geneva's farel: contra tyrannos ("against tyranny")
Calvin's political thought and impact: confoederus ("covenant together")
Post-Calvinistic advances on the continent, 1550-1600: nemo posse dare ("one cannot give what one does not possess")
Calvin's ideas emigrate to Scotland and Great Britain: lex rex ("law is king")
Colonial Calvinism in church and state, 1607-1700: puritans and pilgrims pro libertas ("on behalf of liberty")
Before the revolution, 1700-1776: non potest civitas abscondi supra montem posita ("a city on a hill cannot hide its light")
Evidences of calvin's themes in the American Founding: post tenebras lux ("light after darkness")