HIST 1003 Lecture : Calvinism Notes HIST 1003
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Institutes of the christian religion, first edition 1536. Geneva: today we are going to talk about another of the. Is the foundation of the presbyterian and other. Churches and which had influence on many others. Founder was john calvin, who was what one might. Leaders: as you all know, martin luther began the. That, despite his famous three essays that i have. Told you about, luther was not a systematic. He never sat down and really thought through what the logical consequences of his ideas might be. Calvin was a lawyer by training, and he not only provided a systematic explanation of protestant thought but also a systematic outline of what a protestant church should be. He was born in 1509 and so was a boy of eight when luther posted the 95 theses. French and his father was an official -- not a clergyman -- of the church in france.
