Jehan Cauvin

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Jehan Cauvin is the French-born theologian and reformer better known by his Latinized name John Calvin, a central figure in the Protestant Reformation and the development of Calvinism.

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Jehan Cauvin canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian reformer
French person
Protestant Reformation figure
human
theologian
alsoKnownAs John Calvin
surface form: Ioannes Calvinus

John Calvin
surface form: Jean Calvin

John Calvin
birthDate 1509-07-10
birthPlace Noyon, Picardy, Kingdom of France
burialPlace Geneva, unmarked grave
causeOfDeath illness
citizenship Kingdom of France
Republic of Geneva
deathDate 1564-05-27
deathPlace Geneva
surface form: Geneva, Republic of Geneva
denomination Reformed
doctrine justification by faith alone
predestination
sovereignty of God
total depravity
educatedAt University of Bourges
University of Orléans
Panthéon-Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris
era 16th century
fieldOfWork Christian theology
Reformed church polity
biblical exegesis
influenced Huguenots
Presbyterianism
Puritanism
Reformed churches
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Martin Luther
languageOfWorkOrName French
Latin
movement Calvinism
Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
name Jehan Cauvin self-link
notableWork Institutes of the Christian Religion
occupation author
pastor
theologian
positionHeld leader of the Genevan Reformation
pastor in Geneva
religion Christianity
theologicalTradition Calvinism
surface form: Reformed theology

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John Calvin birthName Jehan Cauvin
Jehan Cauvin name Jehan Cauvin self-link