john calvin

John Calvin When you think about John Calvin, you think about Calvinism. If you wonder what calvinism is, by reading John Calvin's biography, you will know what it is. He was born in 1509 in Noyon, Picardy, France, and died in 1564. He grew up with an interest in Church Doctrine and also grew up with an environment of Protestantism. At the age of 8, Martin Luther posted his 95 theses. John was a law student at the University of Orleans when he first joined the cause of reformation. In 1536 he published a book about the theories of Protestantism. The book was called Institutes of the Christian Religion. Then, Calvin came up with a doctrine which was called predestination. In this doctrine Calvin says that God has known since the beginning of time who will be saved. He was living in Geneva until 1538 when authorities forced him to leave. In 1541 he was accepted back again. There in Geneva he established a religious government. In 1555 he became the absolute leader in Geneva. Under his rule Geneva became the middle of all Protestantism. He sent out pastors throughout all Europe. This action created Presbyterianism in Scotland, Puritan movement in England and the Reformed Church in Netherlands. He died on May 27, 1564 in Geneva, Switzerland. ´´John Calvin, the most important person in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation.´´ (unknown).

He was important in the Renaissance because he was an extreme Protestant and he was follower of Martin Luther. John Calvin taught people on what he believed for example God, salvation and human nature. He came up with a new idea of salvation called predestination. ´´We call predestination God's eternal decree, by which he compacted with himself what he willed to become of each man.´´ (John Calvin) In predestination, God chooses since the beginning of time who will be saved. Due to this, another major branch of Protestantism in Switzerland emerged from his teachings. This new branch was a religion based on all of