John Calvins contribution to the church :: essays research papers

canful Calvin     "We must bring forward that Satan has his miracles, too."- privy Calvin.1 Mr. John Calvin was the leading French Protestant Reformer and the some important figure in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation.2 He was a contributing catholic.We see why and how he was suck a good religious man by his backround, biography, and contributions to Christianity. He created a occasion called "Calvinism"3 which helped form Christianity. His life was certainly a remarkable one.     John Calvins life started on July Tenth, 1509 in Noyon, in picardy, France.4 He was born of 2 middle class parents. His father was a lay administrator in service of the local bishop.5 So, in Calvins early years he was immediatly unfastened to Catholicism. His native town was an old cathedral city whose bishop was its ruler and was at the same time one of the twelve Peers of France.6 Calvins mother died very currently in Calvin s life, non much is known about her except she had a great reputation for piety.7 Calvins life started off with a lot of piety surrounding him. In the years that Calvin was alive there were many govermental factors effecting his childishness as well. At the time of his birth until 1525, the throne of Noyon was occupied by Charles de Hangest who belonged to the nobility of the neighbourhood.8 A lot of his family members were involved in Catholicism, such connections were not without effect upon young Calvin.     Growing up John Calvin was not an provided child. His father married a young bourgeois, dungareene Lefranc, who bore him four sons, Charles, Jean (John), Antoine and Francois. They also had two daughters, Marie and another whose name is unknown.9 Francois died at an early age, Charles became a priest and died excommunicated in 1537.10 Marie and Antoine followed the reformer to Geneua, where Antoine assisted his brother in his literary work.11 Clavins father had great amibitions for his sons and especially for Jean, also known as John. John Calvins father pressured his to study Law but in 1531 his father died plentiful Calvin the freedom to resume his religious studies.