Calvin’s shorter theological and polemical works, in Henry Beveridge’s translations, some from the Calvin Translation Society’s Tracts Relating to the Reformation (Edinburgh, 1844–1849).
Reply to Sadoleto (1539)
Calvin’s celebrated answer to Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto’s letter inviting Geneva back to Rome, written in six days from his Strasbourg exile.
Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper (1541)
Written in French for ordinary believers, to settle troubled consciences amid the eucharistic controversies; 60 short sections.
A Treatise on Relics (1543)
Calvin’s satirical inventory of the relics venerated across Europe, with the 19th-century translator’s notes preserved as footnotes.
The Necessity of Reforming the Church (1543)
Calvin’s defence of the Reformation, presented in the name of all who “wish Christ to reign” to the Imperial Diet at Spires (1544).
Catechism of the Church of Geneva (1545)
A form of instruction for children in the doctrine of Christ, as a Master–Scholar dialogue in five parts.
On the Christian Life (1559)
The “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life” — Institutes III.6–10, long circulated as a standalone devotional treatise.
Of Prayer (1559)
Of Prayer — A Perpetual Exercise of Faith is Institutes III.20 verbatim; see Institutes III.20.