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Profile of John Calvin
  • Born in Noyon, Picardy (North of Paris) - 1509
  • He came from a privileged background
  • He studied Law in France but was never ordained
  • In Paris he encountered the teaching of Martin
    Luther and was greatly influenced by it
  • Suddenly converted in 1534 at the age of 25
  • He left the Roman Catholic Church and went to
    live in Basle in Switzerland and then to Geneva
  • 1536 He published the first edition of
    "Institutes of the Christian Religion" which was
    a defence of the Reformation
  • After persecution of protestants Calvin went to
    Strasbourg began to publish a series of
    commentaries on Romans etc.
  • Went back to Geneva in 1541 and began to preach
    for a greater purity in the faith and greater
    discipline in practice

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Profile of John Calvin
  • Central idea was the Sovereignty of God i.e. God
    is in control of everything
  • Taught - only two sacraments, Baptism and
    Communion, instead of the Catholic tradition of
    many sacraments
  • He was against any decorations in the Church
  • Introduced the idea of government of the Church
    by Presbyters rather than by bishops
  • His system of organisation of theology has become
    known as Calvinism and is still popular today
  • Died in 1564 aged 55. He was a significance
    influence in the Reformation especially in the
    beginning of Presbyterian form of worship and
    government
  • Luther may have started the Reformation but
    Calvin finished it
  • Described by some as "the only International
    Reformer"
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