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- "We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown"
- John Calvin was born on the 10th of July 1509 in Noyon, France.John Calvin's real name was Jean Cauvin and he lived in Picardy
- "There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice"
- He studied on the law schools of orléans and bóurges and he was originally trained as a humanist lawyer.
- "There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence"
- In 1536, he published the landmark text institutes of the Christian Religion, an early try to normalize the theories of protestantism.
- "True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self"
- He was a french theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.
- "Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols"
- He believed that Man was sinful and could only approach God through faith in christ, not through mass and pilgrimages. He stressed of doctrine predestination and his interpretations of christian teaching. He wanted to create the ideal protestant community. The change he wanted to see was peoplemore engaged with the church and for them all to follow calvinism where religious leaders rule the government.
- He influenced future protestant-led governments to incorporate church authority into the affairs of the state. He spurred the reformation of many churches during his time. The catholic church eliminated the sale of indulgences and other abusus.
- “A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.”
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