John Calvin

BIRTHPLACE:  Noyon, Picardy, France
BORN:              July 10, 1509
PARENTS:        Gerard Cauvin (father)
                        Jeanne Lefranc (mother)
DIED:               May 27, 1564

THEOLOGY:     Calvinism
                              - all knowledge found only in Word of God
                              - God is known only to those to whom he reveals Himself
                              - Pardon and salvation only through grace of God
                              - strongly influenced by Lutheranism
"We declare that by God's providence, not only heaven and earth and inanimate creatures, but also the counsels and wills of men are governed so as to move precisely to that end destined by Him."
 
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