John Calvin

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Bible commentator Christian theologian French person Protestant reformer Reformed theologian author clergy human theologian

John Calvin was a 16th-century French theologian and key leader of the Protestant Reformation whose teachings laid the foundations of the Reformed tradition in Christianity.

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Calvin and Augustine 1

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instanceOf Bible commentator ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
French person ⓘ
Protestant reformer ⓘ
Reformed theologian ⓘ
author ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
human ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
ageAtDeath 54 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs John Calvin ⓘ
surface form: Calvin

John Calvin ⓘ
surface form: Jean Calvin
birthName Jehan Cauvin ⓘ
burialPlace Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
citizenshipGranted Geneva ⓘ
citizenshipGrantedYear 1559 ⓘ
collaboratedWith Martin Bucer ⓘ
William Farel ⓘ
conflictWith Michael Servetus ⓘ
conversionPeriod early 1530s ⓘ
convertedTo Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth 1509-07-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1564-05-27 ⓘ
developed Genevan church ordinances ⓘ
Reformed church governance ⓘ
education Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris
era 16th century ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
fieldOfWork biblical exegesis ⓘ
church polity ⓘ
theology ⓘ
influenced Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: English Puritans

Huguenots ⓘ
Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism

Puritanism ⓘ
Reformed churches ⓘ
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
knownFor Calvinism ⓘ
Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
doctrine of predestination ⓘ
leadership in the Protestant Reformation in Geneva ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
mentorOf Theodore Beza ⓘ
movement Reformation ⓘ
name John Calvin self-link ⓘ
notableWork Commentaries on the Bible ⓘ
Institutes of the Christian Religion ⓘ
occupation Bible commentator ⓘ
author ⓘ
pastor ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Noyon, Picardy, Kingdom of France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Geneva, Republic of Geneva
positionHeld leader of the Reformed Church in Geneva ⓘ
pastor in Geneva ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence Geneva ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
spokeAt Genevan Academy ⓘ
spouse Idelette de Bure ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis irresistible grace ⓘ
perseverance of the saints ⓘ
sovereignty of God ⓘ
total depravity ⓘ
unconditional election ⓘ
theologicalTradition Reformed tradition ⓘ
wroteIn Geneva ⓘ

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John Knox → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
John Owen → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Jonathan Edwards → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Lectures on Calvinism → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Presbyterian → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Pro Rege → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Puritanism → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Richard Baxter → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Scottish Reformation → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Theodore Beza → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
de Bèze → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
subject surface form: Théodore de Bèze
Zacharias Ursinus → influencedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Idelette de Bure → marriedTo → John Calvin ⓘ
John Calvin → name → John Calvin self-link ⓘ
Calvin University → namedAfter → John Calvin ⓘ
Calvinism → namedAfter → John Calvin ⓘ
French Renaissance → notableFigure → John Calvin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean Calvin
B. B. Warfield → notableWork → John Calvin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calvin and Augustine
Michael Servetus → opposedBy → John Calvin ⓘ
Genevan Academy → significantPerson → John Calvin ⓘ
Idelette de Bure → spouse → John Calvin ⓘ
Idelette de Bure → spouseName → John Calvin ⓘ
Caspar Olevianus → studentOf → John Calvin ⓘ
Theodore Beza → studentOf → John Calvin ⓘ
St. Pierre Cathedral → usedBy → John Calvin ⓘ