... with. In 1536, he had set down his own religious thought in a book, "The Institutes of the Christian Religion" It is not clear why Calvin had broken the Roman Catholicism, but it could be guessed, that part of Luther's teachings had encouraged and inspired him. He aimed to bring all citizens under the authority and discipline of the church and saw a need for a more visible church that was highly organised and more ... out that this doctrine was actually formulated and passed down over many centuries. It could be this, that many have followed John Calvin's teachings, and from this, the C...

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... was large and had prospered throughout Scotland, Switzerland, parts of England, and later in North America. Calvinism was established by another reformer named John Calvin. Calvin's education had played a large part of the spread and increased power of the Calvinist. Calvin, with his great knowledge, had made his own Protestant theology which later he published in The Institutes of the Christian Religion. This book influenced the spread of Calvinism because it contained a written theology that could later ... be taught to newer Calvinists. Calvin later establishes a theocracy in Geneva ...

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