Reading Challenge 2009
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You can download a copy of the reading plan here (PDF) or refer to the table below.
Every Sunday of 2009 (from 1am or not long before) a portion of John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion will be available for download as PDF or MS Word document.
- The amount to be read each week varies between 4 to 32 pages of a regular small textbook, with the average reading being about 20 pages.
- The variation is to help you catch up if you have fallen behind in the schedule.
- Readings should take about 60 minutes per week depending on your reading speed.
- The number of actual pages will vary from this because the downloaded format will be sized to fit A4 paper.
You can read more about Institutes of the Christian Religion on Wikipedia
The Institutes contains four books, each of varying length.
52 Weekly readings
Book One | |||
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Week | Date | Chapters | Download |
Introductions & prefaces | |||
1 | 4 Jan | 1-5 | |
2 | 11 Jan | 6-9 | |
3 | 18 Jan | 10-12 | |
4 | 25 Jan | 13 | |
5 | 1 Feb | 14,15 | |
6 | 8 Feb | 16,17 | |
7 | 15 Feb | 18 | |
Book Two | |||
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Week | Date | Chapters | Download |
8 | 22 Feb | 1 | |
9 | 1 Mar | 2 | |
10 | 8 Mar | 3,4 | |
11 | 15 Mar | 5,6 | |
12 | 22 Mar | 7 | |
13 | 29 Mar | 8(a) | |
14 | 5 Apr | 8(b) | |
15 | 12 Apr | 9,10 | |
16 | 19 Apr | 11-13 | |
17 | 26 Apr | 14,15 | |
18 | 3 May | 16,17 | |
Book Three | |||
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Week | Date | Chapters | Download |
19 | 10 May | 1 | |
20 | 17 May | 2 | |
21 | 24 May | 3 | |
22 | 31 May | 4 | |
23 | 7 Jun | 5-7 | |
24 | 14 Jun | 8-10 | |
25 | 21 Jun | 11 | |
26 | 28 Jun | 12-14 | |
27 | 5 Jul | 15-17 | |
28 | 12 Jul | 18,19 |
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29 | 19 Jul | 20(a) |
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30 | 26 Jul | 20(b) |
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31 | 2 Aug | 21,21 |
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32 | 9 Aug | 23 |
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33 | 16 Aug | 24 |
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34 | 23 Aug | 25 |
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Book Four | |||
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Week | Date | Chapters | Download |
35 | 30 Aug | 1 |
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36 | 6 Sep | 2,3 |
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37 | 13 Sep | 4,5 |
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38 | 20 Sep | 6 |
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39 | 27 Sep | 7 |
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40 | 4 Oct | 8,9 |
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41 | 11 Oct | 10 |
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42 | 18 Oct | 11 |
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43 | 25 Oct | 12 |
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44 | 1 Nov | 13 |
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45 | 8 Nov | 14 |
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46 | 15 Nov | 15 |
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47 | 22 Nov | 16 |
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48 | 29 Nov | 17(a) |
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49 | 6 Dec | 17(b) |
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50 | 13 Dec | 18 |
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51 | 20 Dec | 19 |
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52 | 27 Dec | 20 |
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