John+Calvin

John Calvin The book understanding summary: Calvin was born in France and was trained as a priet and lawyer, most likely in canon, or church, law. The book doesn't specify. He published //Institues of the Christian Religion// in 1536. The book was read by Protestants, aka Lutherans, everywhere. Note that Protestants were mainly based in the North of the HRE, or northern Germany today. He set forth his religious beleifs and gave advice about running a church. He thought that faith alone, not indulgences and the 'whoring' of the church's 'powers', would lead to salvations. He thought that whoever would be saved was already decided, called __Predestination__. He thought that the two types of people in the world were saints, or people that would be saved and lead Christian lives, and sinners, anyone that lived outside of any of these boundaries. In 1541 he was requested to lead the community of Geneva, Switzerland. He set up a theocracy, or government run by church leaders. The people in Geneva thought themselves to be 'chosen people'. Calvin beleived females should be educated as well.

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Jack Huemmler Dr. Pagnatto Western Civ. 9 Block 4 11 December 2009 Famous People and Their Worlds John Calvin lived in a very religious, and therefore political, world. He ruled over Geneva, which existed in Northern France. In this world, most of the reformed churches spoke German. This made it hard for French speaking towns to become reformed. In John’s world, nearly everyone was religious. The Church was not prepared to admit its follies and abusiveness, and combated all of the religious revolts, violent or peaceful, with professional name calling and excommunication. This showed that slander high-up-people was powerful, and people valued Christianity and the sacraments above much else. In this religious world, most people practiced Roman Catholic Christianity in Italy and southern Europe, Angelican Christianity in England, and Protestantism in North Europe. Roman Catholicism was the ‘original’, and called the others heresies. Protestantism was based off of a simpler, non-abusive church, and the Angelican Church was a sort of splitting off of Rome because different people wanted the same power.