"Through its close attention to the rich metaphors that John Calvin deployed in his theological reflections, this sophisticated and penetrating exploration of his ecclesiology in the light of his anthropology brings out both the profoundly pastoral dynamics that drove Calvin's theological enterprise and the thick texture of the theological webbing that made his thought such a coherent and effective force in the world." Richard Rex, Reader in Reformation History, University of Cambridge "Yosep Kim has produced a fascinating study of Calvin's ecclesiology, focusing on the relation in his thought between the church's spiritual identity as the invisible body of Christ and her functional identity as the visible mother of believers. This will be of interest to all Calvin scholars and especially to those concerned with his doctrine of the church." Anthony N.S. Lane, Professor of Historical Theology, London School of Theology "Kim paints a picture of Calvin's theology that accounts for his pastoral heart, and paints the reformer's theological project as concerned for the persecuted Church. It might feel novel at first, but this reader also found it strangely successful in accounting for a part of Calvin's life seldom accounted for." -Nathan Paylor, Theological Book Review, Vol. 27 No.1, 2016