In 1534 John Calvin was actually a great influence and anyone that accepted the Reformed doctrines in France would look towards him for guidance and instructions. John Calvin wrote “Psychopannychia” in 1534 as a theological work against the Anabaptists on the doctrine of soul-sleep. Soul-sleep means “The view that there is a period between one’s death and the final resurrection in which one’s self (“soul”) is in an unconscious state.” John Calvin’s argument is broken into three theological parts which include anthropological, christological, and eschatological. Considering the time period, the circumstances, and theological developments during the time of “Psychopannychia” was written, there is indeed some well-developed theological arguments
