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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Even if English Protestants were late compared to the Spanish and Portuguese Catholic missionaries, Mr. Ryrie shows that John Calvin, John Knox and other reformers were laying the groundwork for the birth of global Christianity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Calvin, John: his Commentary, 103; used by Cotton, 286.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

From John Knox by William M. (William Mackergo) Taylor

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

From The Booklover and His Books by Harry Lyman Koopman

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

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Elbert Hubbard