Translator's Note

his is a complete scholarly translation of Calvin's Brieve Resolution (1555), rendered into English as literally as the syntax permits while

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remaining intelligible. The work consists of three distinct sections: the prefatory letter to the Swiss Reformed pastors (dated 28 November 1554); the twenty-six articles of the Consensus Tigurinus or Accord of Zurich (originally agreed 1549); and Calvin's extended Exposition defending that Accord against Lutheran critics. The original 16th-century French uses extensive abbreviations in the printed text, which have been expanded silently throughout.