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Sketch early life of John Calvin with major dates
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Born 1509, University for priesthood 1523, University for Law 1528, Father died 1531 – back to university for theology, converted 1532-34 and resigned his benefice to study and travel, studying Hebrew and preparing the French Bible for publication
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Sketch life of John Calvin from first Institutes through Farel with major dates
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1536 in Basel, composed 6 chapter manual about evangelical faith at age 27, became unsafe to remain in France - departed for Strassburg with detour through Geneva - Farel compelled him to stay. Both kicked out in 1537.
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Sketch life of John Calvin from Strassburg to his death, with major dates
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went to Strassburg in 1537 after being expelled from Geneva, meets Martin Brucer, shepherds the French Protestant refuges there, marries Idelette de Bure in 1540, returns to Genevain 1541 and stays until his death in 1564, Geneva prospered and became a center for the protestant reformation.
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John Calvin born
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July 10, 1509 in Noyon France
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Born July 10, 1509
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John Calvin
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Calvin’s father was a
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lawyer
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At age 14 John Calvin was sent to
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University of Paris in preparation for the priesthood
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Calvin’s father died in
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1531
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Calvin probably converted in
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1532-34
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Calvin’s quote regarding his conversion
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“He tamed to teachableness a mind too stubborn for its years.”
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Calvin resigned his benefice from the Catholic Church and his office as priest in
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1534
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What Calvin did after he resigned his benefice from the Catholic Church
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study and travel, settled in Basel where he studied Hebrew and prepared the French Bible for publication
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First edition of the institutes was this
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a booklet with six chapters designed as an elementary manual for general readers who wanted to know something about the evangelical faith.
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First edition of institutes published in
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1536
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Calvin was this age when first edition of Institutes was published
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27
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Years Calvin was in Geneva the first time
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1536-38
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Why Calvin ended up in Geneva the first time
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unsafe to stay in France after publication of Institutes, so he departed for Strassburg, taking a detour through Geneva. Met William Farel who had led the city to independence from French Roman Catholic control and wanted Calvin to help with the pastoral work.
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When Calvin was asked to stay in Geneva the first time, he protested because he saw himself as a
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scholar and writer, not a pastor or administrator.
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How Farel eventually convinced Calvin to stay in Geneva
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swore an oath that God would curse Calvin’s studies if he continued to Strassburg. Calvin was moved to terror by the fiery Farel.
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Calvin and Farel organized Geneva so that this was the central focus
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preaching and teaching the Word of God.
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Calvin and Farel were kicked out of Geneva in
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November of 1537
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November of 1537
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Calvin and Farel kicked out of Geneva
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Calvin saw his banishment from Geneva as
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God mercifully releasing him from pasturing
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In Strassburg, Calvin lodged with a warm-hearted pastor named
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Martin Brucer
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Martin Brucer
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the pastor in Strassburg who had such an effect on Calvin’s life.
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Bucer asked Calvin to
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take care of the French speaking Protestant refuges that attended his church.
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With this group of people, Calvin matured in his skills as a shepherd
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the French speaking Protestant refuges he shephereded in Strassburg.
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Calvin married in
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1540 in Strassburg
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Calvin married her
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a widow named Idelette de Bure
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Calvin returned and lived in Geneva again in these years
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1541-1564
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Calvin returned to Geneva in 1541 because
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the town council sent a delegation to ask him to do so
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When Calvin returned to Geneva the second time he stayed for
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23 years until his death in 1564
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During the 23 years Calvin served in Geneva the town
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prospered and became a center for the protestant Reformation
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Who was Michael Servetus?
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A young heretic who was most known for his denial of the biblical doctrine of the Trinity and his published anti-Trinitarian book called “The Errors of the Trinity.”
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Michael Servetus was sought for imprisonment by
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both Protestant and RCC officials.
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Servetus was burned at the stake in
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1553
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Servetus’ execution has led to the severest slander against Calvin because of
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his support of the widely held belief of the time that unrepentant heretics should be executed.
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Calvin’s main contributions to the Protestant Reformation
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1)systematic theology found in the Institutes shaped Reformers throughout Europe 2)laid out basic structure of Presbyterian church government 3)discussed the separate, God given jurisdictions of the church and state 4) developed biblical idea of serving God in all areas of life 5) presented Christ’s work under the rubrics of the three-fold office of Prophet, Priest, and King 6) related whole experience of salvation specifically to the working of the HS and contemplated orderly progress of the HS’s specific work in applying salvation
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Outline the development of Calvin’s Institutes
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1536 written as little booklet with six chapters, 1559 had grown to four books and 80 chapters, Calvin wrote in Latin and translated into French, didn’t revise but expanded and rearranged as he continued to study scripture and the church fathers
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Outline the content of Calvin’s Institutes
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Opening chapter presents the basic plan of the book as being to explore two general subjects, creator and creatures. Explores relationship between God and man. Biblical (nearly 7000 ref. To scripture) and systematic – tremendous ability to arrange theology in an orderly fashion.
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Scottish Reformer who lived from 1514-1572
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John Knox
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Lived from 1514 to 1572
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John Knox
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Scottish Reformer
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John Knox
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John Knox lived
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1514-1572
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John Knox served as all these things before becoming the famous protestant reformer
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priest, notary, tutor, and bodyguard for reformer and aristocrat George Wishart
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Served as priest, notary, tutor, and bodyguard for reformer and aristocrat George Wishart
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John Knox
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John Knox was bodyguard to
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George Wishart
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Knox retreated to St. Andrew’s Castle after
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Wishart’s martyrdom
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Knox retreated to St. Andrew’s Castle after Wishart’s martyrdom in
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1546
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1546
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Knox retreated to St. Andrew’s Castle after Wishart’s martyrdom
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Knox went to England and preached during reign of Edward VI but fled when
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“Bloody Mary” came to power.
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Knox went to England and preached during reign of
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Edward VI but fled when “Bloody Mary” came to power.
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Went to England and preached during reign of Edward VI but fled when “Bloody Mary” came to power
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John Knox
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Knox became pastor of English congregation in Frankfurt in 1554
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but a dispute over the Book of Common Prayer led to his ouster and was also the beginning of the Puritan (Knox’s view) and Anglican controversy.
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Knox became pastor of English congregation in Frankfurt in 1554 but a dispute over
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the Book of Common Prayer led to his ouster and was also the beginning of the Puritan (Knox’s view) and Anglican controversy.
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Knox became pastor of English congregation in Frankfurt in 1554 but a dispute over the Book of Common Prayer led to
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his ouster and was also the beginning of the Puritan (Knox’s view) and Anglican controversy.
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1554
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Knox became pastor of English congregation in Frankfurt but a dispute over the Book of Common Prayer led to his ouster and was also the beginning of
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In 1556 Knox became pastor of
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the English congregation in Geneva.
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In 1556 Knox became pastor of the English congregation in
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Geneva.
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1556
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Knox became pastor of the English congregation in Geneva.
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Knox wrote
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The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, arguing that female sovereignty was against both natural and divine law.
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Knox wrote The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, arguing
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that female sovereignty was against both natural and divine law.
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Wrote The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, arguing that female sovereignty was against both natural and divine law
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John Knox
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Knox returned to Scotland in 1559 and wrote
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the Scots Confession, the First Book of Discipline, and History of the Reformation of Religion Within The Realm of Scotland.
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Knox returned to Scotland in
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1559
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Wrote the Scots Confession, the First Book of Discipline, and History of the Reformation of Religion Within The Realm of Scotland
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John Knox
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Preached powerful sermons in plain language
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John Knox
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John Knox died in
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1572
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1572
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John Knox died
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