John Calvin
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| - | '''John Calvin''' ({{lang-frm|Jean Cauvin}}) (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was an influential French [[theology|theologian]] and pastor during the [[Protestant Reformation]]. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of [[Christian theology]] later called [[Calvinism]]. Originally trained as a [[Renaissance Humanism|humanist]] lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530. After religious tensions provoked a violent uprising against Protestants in France, Calvin fled to [[Basel]], Switzerland, where in 1536 he published the first edition of his seminal work ''[[Institutes of the Christian Religion]]''. | + | '''John Calvin''' ({{lang-frm|Jean Cauvin}}) ([[July 10|10 July]] 1509 – [[May 27|27 May]] 1564) was an influential French [[theology|theologian]] and pastor during the [[Protestant Reformation]]. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of [[Christian theology]] later called [[Calvinism]]. Originally trained as a [[Renaissance Humanism|humanist]] lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around [[1530 AD|1530]]. After religious tensions provoked a violent uprising against Protestants in France, Calvin fled to [[Basel]], Switzerland, where in [[1536 AD|1536]] he published the first edition of his seminal work ''[[Institutes of the Christian Religion]]''. |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin Wikipedia Article on John Calvin] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin Wikipedia Article on John Calvin] | ||
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John Calvin (Template:Lang-frm) (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530. After religious tensions provoked a violent uprising against Protestants in France, Calvin fled to Basel, Switzerland, where in 1536 he published the first edition of his seminal work Institutes of the Christian Religion.
