Calvin, John

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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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Calvin, John, 77, 82; opinion of, on English Prayer Book, 86; criticism of Knox's treatment at Frankfort by, 93, 106, 110.

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Calvin, John, and the Genevan system, 386.

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Calvin, John, as a Puritan's spiritual nightcap, 166.

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Calvin, John, i, 238; ii, 183; ix, 187, 197; referred to, v, 123; Servetus and, ix, 201; wife of, ix, 210.

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The strongest stock among these immigrants, however, were the Scotch-Irish, "a God-fearing, Sabbath-keeping, covenant-adhering, liberty-loving, and tyrant-hating race," which had formed its ideals under the influence of philosophy of John Calvin, John Knox, Andrew Melville, and George Buchanan.

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