Calvin's Background and Theology

Question 1

Background

Answer 1

• Born 1509 in France
• Protestant Theologian
• Spent most of his life in Geneva
• Wrote “The Institutions of the Christian Religion” and founded the University of Geneva

Question 2

Calvin’s Theology

Answer 2

• Scripture is the sole authority
• Rejected Catholic Mass
  
  • denied transubstantiation
  • hated fancy events

Question 3

Calvin’s Theocracy

Answer 3

-Set up theocracy in Geneva
-Church dominated all civil affairs
-strict laws of obedience that punished almost anything
by beheading
-Zero religious toleration outside of Calvinism

Question 4

Predestination

Answer 4

“Does God choose Man or does Man choose God?”

-God determines where everybody will go, Heaven or Hell, before the beginning of time, none can change that.