John Calvin

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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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John Calvin canonical 172
Jean Calvin 6
Calvin 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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William Farel collaboratedWith John Calvin
Martin Bucer influenced John Calvin
Guido de Brès influencedBy John Calvin
Michael Servetus opposedBy John Calvin
Cimetière des Rois burialPlaceOf John Calvin
this entity surface form: Jean Calvin
Cimetière des Rois burialPlaceOf John Calvin
John Gill influencedBy John Calvin
B. B. Warfield notableWork John Calvin
this entity surface form: Calvin and Augustine
Swiss Reformation hasKeyFigure John Calvin
Charles Hodge influencedBy John Calvin
Lectures on Calvinism influencedBy John Calvin
Cornelius Van Til influencedBy John Calvin
Zacharias Ursinus influencedBy John Calvin
Caspar Olevianus influencedBy John Calvin
Caspar Olevianus studentOf John Calvin
Huldrych influenced John Calvin
subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli
Pro Rege influencedBy John Calvin
Old Town of Geneva associatedWith John Calvin
Francis Turretin influencedBy John Calvin
de Bèze influencedBy John Calvin
subject surface form: Théodore de Bèze
de Bèze associatedWith John Calvin
subject surface form: Théodore de Bèze
Charles Spurgeon influencedBy John Calvin
A Golden Chain influencedBy John Calvin
Jürgen Moltmann influencedBy John Calvin
Gerrit Gerritszoon influenced John Calvin
Dutch Reformation influencedBy John Calvin
Cyril Lucar theologicalInfluence John Calvin
Collège de la Marche educated John Calvin
Samuel Rutherford influencedBy John Calvin
Karl Barth influencedBy John Calvin
John Piper influencedBy John Calvin
J. I. Packer influencedBy John Calvin
French Reformation influencedBy John Calvin
French Reformation hasKeyFigure John Calvin
David Dickson influencedBy John Calvin
Reformed epistemology influencedBy John Calvin
Nicholas Wolterstorff influencedBy John Calvin