john calvin

In the second part of the sixteenth century Calvinism replaced Lutheranism as the omnipotent protestant force in Europe. The Calvinist believed that Christians should reorganize society according to the word of god, or the bible and that the church and state were designed to work together with the state enforcing the church. They also believed in divine predestination, in which god has pre-decided whether one is to be saved or condemned. Calvin sought to articulate …

…Herlihy, Theodore K. Rabb, Isser Woloch, and Raymond Grew. The McGraw –Hill Companies copyright 1999 Cultural Atlas of the Renaissance Project manager Peter Furtado. And editor Chris Murray Prentice Hall General References copyright 1993 Masterpieces of Christian Literature in Summary Form Edited by Frank N. Magill Harper and Row Publishers, N.Y. Copyright 1963 Salem Press Vol. 2 New Catholic Encyclopedia McGraw Hill Book Company N.Y. Copyright 1967 by Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. John Calvin Rutigiano