God called Him: John Calvin gave his heart 'promptly and sincerely.'.(CALVIN)(Biography)

Presbyterian Record | September 1, 2008| | Copyright

Canadian Presbyterians name churches after John Calvin and claim to be his theological descendants, so it is worth asking: Who was John Calvin?

He was born in Noyon, Picardy, northwest of Paris, on July 10, 1509, the youngest of five (or maybe seven) children. (And at the start of Calvin's story we confront the problem that makes telling his story challenging. Many things about Calvin we do not know, in part because of the 500 years between his time and ours, but more significantly despite being a prolific writer Calvin wrote little about his own life.) His father ...

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