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Calvin
- Studied many great
Humanist writers and by
1532 he wrote first
book, a commentary on
De Clementia. Year
after, fled Paris
because of church
opposers
- By 1536, disconnected with
Church and made plans to
leave Church for good.
Stayed in Geneva for a night
after war broke out between
France & Spain
- Great debater and
writer and could
write well in
French
- By 1530, moving towards idea of
Predestination as well as new ideas on
sacraments, role of church and
discipline.
- Geneva was one Swiss
canton breaking away from
RCC and was gradually
becoming Prot. Calvin
arrived in 1536.
- 1536 - publishes 1st edition of
Institutes of the Christian Religion
- Calvin wanted a clear statement of his beliefs. To
him, Bible was word of God and his interpretation
was the truth; only way to speak with humanity
- Calvin believed
in free will -
ability of man to
choose
between good
and evil
- Double predestination - God knew not only who would be
saved but who would be condemned to eternal damnation;
there was nothing that could be done.
- 1537 - A
Protestant
Statement
presented to
City Council
- 1538 - banished from Geneva with
Farel and Corault
- Key
beliefs
- scripture the only
source of faith
- denial of
free will
- justification by faith
alone
- good works
irrelevant to
salvation
- inadmissibility of
grace
- certainty of
salvation
- absolute predestination
- Opponents
- Servetus
- Libertines
- Bolsec
- 1541 - Ecclesiastical Ordinances
established in Geneva