Sermon on the Beatitudes

This volume presents readers with a short series of sermons on the Beatitudes, translated for the first time into English by Robert White. They comprise Calvin's exposition of Matthew 5:1-12, Mark 3:13-19 and Luke 6:12-26. Five sermons were preached on the Beatitudes in the course of an extended treatment of the Synoptic Gospels. These sermons represent Calvin's last effort to elucidate a New Testament text in the context of regular public worship. Translated into a modern idiom, this book will bring sixteenth-century Geneva to the modern world.