Portrait of John Calvin
Reformation

John Calvin

1509 – 1564 · France / Geneva

“For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.”

Romans 11:36 (KJV)

Trained as a lawyer, Calvin fled persecution in France and settled in Geneva, where he built a theological system centered on God's sovereignty. His Institutes of the Christian Religion became one of the most influential works in Protestant history.

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