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10-December-1997 
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    Calvin's "Institutes" Translated Into Russian 
 
    by Religion News Service 
 
WASHINGTON--John Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion," one of 
the foundational documents of the Reformed wing of the 16th-century 
Protestant Reformation, have been translated into Russian for the first 
time. 
 
    The new translation is being published by CRC Publications' World 
Literature Ministries, an arm of the Christian Reformed Church. 
 
    "This project is so significant because it has the potential to get 
people into a serious study of the Bible like no other project," said John 
De Jager, director of World Literature Ministries. 
 
    "The belief of significant leaders in the Russian community is that a 
serious study of the Bible can lead to establishing biblical principles 
within Russian society," he added. 
 
    Calvin's seminal book provides a systematic view of the theology and 
meaning of Reformed Christianity. 
 
    "Today many Russian Christians are asking for help in understanding the 
Reformed view of faith and life," De Jager said. "They know that John 
Calvin helped to systematize that view, and they want to read his writings 
for themselves." 

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