Preparing For Marriage: The Premarital Counsel of John Calvin

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How are young people to arrive safely at the marriage altar? This book captures some of the premarital counsel which John Calvin gave to the youth and families of Geneva in order that they may navigate the single years and enter successfully into marriage.

The book draws material from two categories of Calvin's writings; some passages are taken from Calvin's commentaries and sermons, while others come from the Marriage Ordinance of 1546, which outlines many of the difficult issues that singles often face before marriage.

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Preparing for Marriage

Author: John Calvin / Editor: Scott Brown

Scott T. Brown is the president of the Church & Family Life and elder at Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Scott graduated from California State University in Fullerton with a degree in History and received a Master of Divinity degree from Talbot School of Theology. 

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How are young people to arrive safely at the marriage altar? This book captures some of the premarital counsel which John Calvin gave to the youth and families of Geneva in order that they may navigate the single years and enter successfully into marriage.

The book draws material from two categories of Calvin's writings; some passages are taken from Calvin's commentaries and sermons, while others come from the Marriage Ordinance of 1546, which outlines many of the difficult issues that singles often face before marriage.

Table of Contents

Introduction

  • Chapter 1 - Strategic Time of Life
  • Chapter 2 - The Importance of Marriage
  • Chapter 3 - Purity
  • Chapter 4 - The Motivation for Marriage
  • Chapter 5 - Necessary Age for Marriage
  • Chapter 6 - Parental Consent
  • Chapter 7 - Necessity of Individual Consent
  • Chapter 8 - Marriage Within Families
  • Chapter 9 - Equal Yoking
  • Chapter 10 - Proposals and Engagements
  • Chapter 11 - The Permanence of Engagements
  • Chapter 12 - The Marriage Ceremony
  • Chapter 13 - Post-Marriage Concerns

End Notes

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