When1: 1530
When2: 1564
Who: John Calvin [Calvin, John]
What: theologian/religious reformer
Where: Geneva, Switzerland
works\ Institutes of the Christian Religion [1530]
Detail: He lived 1509 to 1564, broke away from Roman Catholic Church, and founded Calvinism.
God has all authority, dictated the Bible, and created good world. People are sinful. Christ can redeem them. People are predestined to heaven or hell. People should work hard and try to be successful. Redemption is by faith alone, but thrift, industry, order, and steadfastness are virtues. God knows all actions at time's beginning {predestination, Calvin}. The Bible has religious authority, not Pope.
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