| JOHN CALVIN
July 10, 1509 - May 23, 1564
John Cauvin (Calvinus - Calvin) was born in Noyon, France, his father, an upper middle class
individual with political and ecclesiastical connection. At age eleven he enrolled at the College
de la March. He then went to the College Montaigu. John Calvin was studying for the
priesthood, but changed to law at the request of his father. John Calvin preferred the study of
theology, Greek and Hebrew language. He entered the Faculty of Law at the University of
Orleans and received a Doctor of Laws degree at age twenty-three. He went to Geneva and at the
request of his friend Farel, remained and became the Reformation leader in the theistic state, a
position he held until his death. Geneva became a refuge for those fleeing persecution of
Protestants and it became the center of learning for thousands of students. Calvin's legacy is in
his theology which became the foundation of many Protestant denominations, his belief in the
primacy of scripture in doctrine, predestination and salvation be grace alone.
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