John Calvin was born in 1509 in Noyon France. ... In 1534 he settled in Basel, Switzerland where he published the first edition of the "Institutes of the Christian Religion." ... Calvin's ideas on religion and his thoughts on reformation were outlined here. ... Calvinism is thoughts of John Calvin and his followers about the churches. ... Calvin made people think about Christian social ethics more than any other reformer did. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

John Calvin was born in 1509 in Noyon France. ... In 1534 he settled in Basel, Switzerland where he published the first edition of the "Institutes of the Christian Religion." ... Calvin's ideas on religion and his thoughts on reformation were outlined here. ... Calvinism is thoughts of John Calvin and his followers about the churches. ... Calvin made people think about Christian social ethics more than any other reformer did. ...

• Word Count: 657
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• Grade Level: High School

The practice of indulgences led to a corrupt way of living a pure Christian life. ... 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. ... It could be this, that many have followed John Calvin's teachings, and from this, the Calvinistic church was brought in. ... He reinforced the "Blue Laws", which was the life of a strict and regulated life, and John Knox led the French Calvin...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jean Calvin, who built upon Augustine's Judeo-Christian thought, was against trying to build a utopia. ... The twentieth century journalist Malcolm Muggeridge accepted Calvin's view while critiquing enlightened utopian views. ... Certainly, Calvin's Geneva strove to better living conditions, but did not attempt to perfect them. The philosophical train of thought that governed Calvin's Geneva saw that it is better not to improve the living conditions if people are only prisoners, but to provide freedom for them. ... John Locke was an Englishman who wrote down many of the...

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The Reformation brought a time of religious upheaval and confusion. The perplexity of the reform consists of many wars between peasants, townsfolk, and the Roman Catholic Church. According to the pre-Reformation Roman Catholic Church, it was believed that all human beings are born into a state o...

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The implementation of indulgences was just one of many erroneous doctrines the Catholic Church had instituted within the framework of the Church. ... He would soon lose interest in the subject of law, and rather took a keen interest to religion. This resulted as the studied religion more and more and began worry over his sinful condition before God. ... It was at this point that John Tetzel came to Wittenberg. ... John Tetzel was such a monk and he urged people to buy forgiveness for all past, present, and future sins. ...

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Introduction EDWARD B. MCLEAN Western man's pursuit of liberty has been constant. Indeed, the concept of liberty is central to Western political thought and history. The following essays, which were the first of the Goodrich Lecture Series at Wabash College, examine the concept of liberty as it h...

• Word Count: 2975
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate