Huguenots In The 16th Century

Huguenots, also known as french Calvinist, were individuals who followed the Calvinism religion. This religion stemmed from the Protestant church. The Calvinist approach to the Protestant religion was founded by John Calvin, a second generation Protestant Reformer. Once a humanist, John experienced a religious crisis or conversion experience that inspired him to spend the rest of his life doing the work of God, by spreading his religious beliefs across Europe. These Huguenots were dedicated followers of Calvinism, and believed in the doctrine of justification, absolute sovereignty of God, predestination, administering the sacraments, baptism, the Lord's prayer, and Ecclesiastical Ordinances. Huguenots in the sixteenth century came form all