Calvin, John — • Born at Noyon in Picardy, France, 10 July, 1509, and died at Geneva, 27 May, 1564 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Calvin, John John Calvin … Catholic encyclopedia
CALVIN, JOHN° — (1509–1564), French Church reformer and theologian. Calvin was one of the foremost Christian Bible exegetes of his time. He wrote commentaries on Isaiah (1551), Genesis (1554), Psalms and Hosea (1557), the 12 Minor Prophets (1560), Daniel (1561) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Calvin John Ward — Infobox Military Person name=Calvin John Ward born= birth date|1899|10|30 died= Death date and age|1967|12|15|1899|10|30 caption=Calvin John Ward in his Army uniform nickname= placeofbirth=Greene County, Tennessee placeofdeath= Tennessee… … Wikipedia
Calvin, John — French Jean Cauvin born July 10, 1509, Noyon, Picardy, France died May 27, 1564, Geneva, Switz. French Protestant theologian and major figure of the Reformation. He studied religion at the University of Paris and law in Orléans and Bourges. When… … Universalium
CALVIN, John — (1509 1564) A dominant figure of the Protestant Reformation, John Calvin was a preacher, biblical scholar, and theologian. Although his Reform movement was centered in Geneva, Calvin s influence extended throughout all of Europe in the sixteenth… … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
Calvin, John — ( 1509 1564 ) founder of the Reformed stream of Protestantism One of the principle intellectual and organizational leaders of the 16th century Protestant Reformation, John Calvin was the fountainhead of one of the two major streams of… … Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Calvin, John — (1509–64) Theologian and Denomination Founder. Calvin was born in Noyon, Picardy and was trained as a lawyer. By 1533 he was an avowed Protestant and was compelled to leave Paris where he was pursuing literary studies. He spent the next… … Who’s Who in Christianity
Calvin, John — (1509 64) A French Protestant theologian, Calvin, through his years of reform at Geneva, became the great systematiser of the Reformation while laying the foundations for the theology that would bear his name. While Calvin s background was… … Christian Philosophy
Calvin, John — (1509 1564) French religious reformer. Although identified mainly with the Protestant Reformation, Calvin began his intellectual development as a follower of humanism. Born at Noyon in northern France, he studied liberal arts at the University … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
CALVIN, John — (1509 1564) after LUTHER, Calvin is the greatest of the Protestant REFORMERS and one of the most important CHRISTIAN theologians of all time. As a result of his CONVERSION and the influence of LUTHER, he fled France arriving at Geneva in 1536… … Concise dictionary of Religion