Calvin, John

1. A sixteenth-century French Protestant theologian and religious reformer ( see Reformation ); the founder of Calvinism . He directed the formation of a religiously based government in Geneva , Switzerland.

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Michael Servetus, whom John Calvin burned at the stake, was perhaps the first to note this phenomenon.

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John Calvin came in 1536, and Protestants from other countries fled to Geneva as an asylum from persecution.

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Geneva, under John Calvin, called Europe to religious liberty in 1536, and the people heard the call.

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This call he obeyed, albeit unwillingly, at the commandment of that notable servant of God, John Calvin.

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It is hard to conceive of a more terrible character than John Calvin.

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