The Life Of John Calvin
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John Calvin was born into a middle class family in the early 1500's
to Gerard Calvin and Jeanne Le Franc. His father was a lawyer for the
Roman Catholic Church. His father's relations to the church initiated
John's religious career. Calvin studied both theology and law and many
different institu ....
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.... or more recently, the sovereignty of
God, and the divinity of Christ. This too is a similarity between present-
day Catholicism and Calvinism.
The Calvinist religion, similar to our own Catholic religion,
regarded the bible as the basis of all Christian teachings. Calvin was
very knowledgeable of the scriptures and often quoted them in his writings.
He would relate the ideas in the bible to the present times. He would also
search the bible as a text for parables and ideas that supported hi ....
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