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Calvin at work

Calvin was an tireless worker.

Calvin
Letter written by Calvin
Jean Calvin Autograph December 22, 1559
Calvin presiding over a conference in Geneva in 1549
The Institution de la Religion Chrétienne by Jean Calvin
Doctrine of Jean Calvin

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Jean Calvin

With the publication of his book: The Institution of the Christian Religion, Jean Calvin establishes himself as the main theologian of the Reformed current. He was called to Geneva, which...

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Jean Calvin (1509-1564)

A generation after Luther, the Frenchman Jean Calvin became the organiser of the Reformation : he organised the Church, shaped the doctrine and defined the role of the Church in state government.

The ecclesiastical ordinances (1541)

In the ecclesiastical ordinances Jean Calvin defines the organisation of the Church and the relations between the reformed Church and the political power in Geneva.

Calvin and the Bible

Although Calvin considered the Bible to be of fundamental importance in his theses, he cannot be considered a fundamentalist. The authority of the Scriptures, according to him, called for interpretation :...