John Calvin
John Calvin
John Calvin (/'dʒɒn 'kælvɪn/; French: Jean Calvin; born Jehan Cauvin; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, aspects of which include the doctrines of predestination and of the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation.
Etymology
The name John Calvin is the anglicized form of the Latin Calvinus (derived from calvus, meaning "bald"), a name that was in turn a translation of his French name Cauvin, which means "little bald one".
Related Terms
- Theology: The study of the nature of God and religious belief.
- Pastor: A minister in charge of a Christian church or congregation.
- Reformer: A person who makes changes to something in order to improve it.
- Geneva: The second-most populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
- Protestant Reformation: A major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in particular to papal authority, arising from what were perceived to be errors, abuses, and discrepancies by the Catholic Church.
- Christian theology: The theology of Christian belief and practice.
- Calvinism: A major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians.
- Predestination: The doctrine that all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul.
- God: In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal object of faith.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on John Calvin
- Wikipedia's article - John Calvin
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