John Calvin And Ulrich Zwingli: Chief Leaders Of The Protestant Reformation

During the Protestant there was a variety of important leaders. For example John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli. John Calvin was one of the chief leaders of the Protestant Reformation. He had a brilliant mind,powerful preaching, many books and large correspondence, and capacity for organization and administration made him a dominant figure of the Reformation. He was especially influential in Switzerland, England, Scotland, and colonial North America. Ulrich Zwingli’s career was centered in Switzerland, but he influenced the Reformation in Germany, the Netherlands, and England.

John Calvin studied Greek and Latin at the University of Paris. Calvin's education reflected the influence of the liberal and humanistic views of the Renaissance. Unlike several other Reformation leaders, Calvin was probably never ordained a …show more content…
From its beginning in 1517, the Reformation brought religious and political opposition from the Catholic church and from civil rulers. By 1546, many Protestants in Germany, Switzerland, and France were insisting that the people, not just kings and bishops, should share in political and religious policy-making. This idea influenced Calvin and his followers in France, England, Scotland, and the Netherlands. Calvin's French followers were called Huguenots.In England, Calvin's influence was especially strong among the reformers known as Puritans. Calvin agreed with other early Reformation leaders on such basic religious teachings as the superiority of faith over good works, the Bible as the basis of all Christian teachings, and the universal priesthood of all believers. Calvin also declared that people were saved solely by the grace of God, and that only people called the Elect would be saved. Only God knew for sure who the Elect