Extract from Calvin on the Weekly Christian Sabbath – To read the full text, click “Download” below.
In his Institutes, Calvin grounds the Lord’s day in the weekly Sabbath. Against Rome, he insists that the ordinance of the Sabbath was not instituted merely at Sinai and solely for the Hebrews. To the contrary, he insists it was instituted at creation, in the seven days of our earth’s formation, and as an ordinance for the entire human race.