John calvin

John Calvin (1509-1564), French subject who became an early convert to the ideas of Martin Luther. As a “protestant” his life in Catholic France was difficult. Eventually he settled in Switzerland, becoming the theocratic dictator of the Geneva canton in 1541. Calvin’s harsh and restrictive social and religious laws are the foundation of the future Presbyterian branch of the Protestant church. His was a hard and unforgiving doctrine.

John Calvin in a Eastern Orthodox icon style

Marilynne Robinson's engagement with Calvin remains essential for our own self-understanding as inhabitants of a world he helped create

Albert Samuel Anker 1859 "John Calvin" (1509-1564) Reformed Theologian. Pastored the Reformed Church in Geneva, Switzerland. See his "Institutes of the Christian Religion".

Works of John Calvin This page indexes resources at this site relating to John Calvin. INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION Of Prayer by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge [1845] A Perpetual Exercise of Faith. The Daily Benefits Derived from It. Institutes of the Christian Religion, Bk. 3, Ch. XX. On the Christian Life by John Calvin, translated by Henry Beveridge [1845] […]

by W. J. GrierGeneva at the beginning of the sixteenth century was a city of some thirteen thousand people. Its situation near the best Alpine passes made it

John Calvin the source of many a tortured soul.

True Peace will be found nowhere but in Christ John Calvin

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