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Is this part of Calvin's writings allowed in Semper?

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Are these parts of Calvin allowed in REFORMED section?
JOHN CALVIN:
INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
BOOK 4
THE EXTERNAL MEANS OR AIDS BY WHICH GOD INVITES US
INTO THE SOCIETY OF CHRIST AND HOLDS US THEREIN
CHAPTER 5. The Ancient Form of Government Was Completely
Overthrown by the Tyranny of the Papacy
CHAPTER 6. The Primacy of the Roman See
CHAPTER 7. The Origin and Growth of the Roman Papacy Until It Raised
Itself to Such a Height that the Freedom of the Church Was
Oppressed, and all Restraint Overthrown
CHAPTER 8. The Power of the Church with Respect to Articles of Faith;
and How in the Papacy, with Unbridled License, the Church Has Been
Led to Corrupt All Purity of Doctrine
 

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btw: I would like to recommend the following book:


Analysis of the Institutes of the Christian Religion of John Calvin
by Ford Lewis Battles, Assisted by John R. Walchnbach
P&R Publishing, ISBN 0-87552-182-7

have a look here at P&R Publishing



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Table of Contents: PDF

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Historical documents are always allowed even if they are considered controversial in these days.

So those chapters would be allowed to be posted. What would not be allowed are editorial remarks using those documents to flame another member or to question their Christianity.
 
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What age do documents have to have to be considered "historical" - would the works of Martyn Lloyd-Jones be considered historical?
 
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