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John Calvin

(1509–1564) Theologian

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John Calvin was a theologian, best known for Institutes of the Christian Religion.

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Born
July 20, 1509
Died
June 6, 1564
Profession
Theologian
Notable works
Institutes of the Christian Religion

About John Calvin

John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was the principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including its doctrines of predestination and of God's absolute sovereignty in the salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. Calvinist doctrines were influenced by and elaborated upon Augustinian and other Christian traditions. Various Reformed Church movements, including Continental Reformed, Congregationalism, Presbyterianism, Waldensians, Baptist Reformed, Calvinist Methodism, and Reformed Anglican Churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world.

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