John Calvin: An Inventory of Relics
HISTORICAL NOTE
In this unusual work Calvin uses all his French wit to expose the disease of “idolomania” and by merciless satire to produce a piece of writing with telling effect on the popular mind.
ADMONITION
IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN HOW ADVANTAGEOUS IT WOULD BE FOR CHRISTENDOM THAT THE BODIES AND RELICS OF SAINTS WERE REDUCED TO A KIND OF INVENTORY, INCLUDING THOSE WHICH ARE SAID TO EXIST, AS WELL IN ITALY AS IN FRANCE, GERMANY, SPAIN, AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
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