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John Calvin Flashcards

1
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What period was Calvin around?

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1509 - 1564

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Where was he from, and where was his work centralised?

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Geneva

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3
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What did he put forward in 1536?

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The Institutes of the Christian Religion

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4
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What is the anagram of Calvinism?

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TULIP

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5
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What is T?

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Total depravity

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What is U?

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Unconditional Predestination

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7
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What is L?

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Limited Atonement

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8
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What is I?

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Irresistible grace

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9
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What is P?

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Perseverance of the Saints

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10
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What was Calvin involved in?

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The restoration of arts and letters

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11
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What did he recover?

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Classical literature

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12
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What did he bring the church back to?

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The genuine meaning of scripture

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13
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What did he use his teaching techniques to do?

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To restore doctrine and the genuine interpretation of scripture

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Who did he believe scripture should be available to?

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Teachers, pastors and ordinary Christians

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What knowledge did he want to renew?

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The knowledge of Christ

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16
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What did he want people to see God as?

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The author of everything

17
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What did he study?

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Law

18
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Who did he want people to be united with?

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God

19
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Who did he want to be able to read scripture?

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The unlearned church

20
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Who was he influenced by?

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Erasmus

21
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What did he see Luther as?

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“A very excellent pastor of the Christian church”

22
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What did he believe Luther could enable people to be free from?

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The authority of the papacy

23
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What did he argue Zwingli had done?

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Moved too far from scripture

24
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What did he believe the reading of scripture could do?

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Restore ‘proper’ worship to the church

25
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What did he believe the Catholic church had done?

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Corrupted the church

26
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What important book did he write?

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The Institutes

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