John Calvin

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became dissatisfied with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and related himself with the cause of the Protestant Reformation in 1532. When the king of France decided to settle the religious question in his country in favor of the Catholics, Calvin fled to Geneva, Switzerland, where his writings and lectures made Geneva the Rome of Protestantism. His institutes of the Christian religion became the basis for the Presbyterian way of thought and church life. Calvinism is the main doctrine of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches.
When Calvin came on the scene, the Middle Ages were nearing their end. Consequently, he connected the border of an old and a new age. His struggles against the church of Rome were not new. He has been called the "Genevan Reformer". But, in fact, Calvin did not even bring the Reformation to Geneva; it had accepted the Reformation even before he had arrived. His accounts for the way he dealt with the questions he faced. In an impressive manner he ...

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