Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction Balserak Jon
Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction Balserak Jon John Calvin was born only a few years before the Christian church in Europe was plunged into the chaos of the Protestant Reformation. Throughout his…
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Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction Balserak Jon
John Calvin was born only a few years before the Christian church in Europe was plunged into the chaos of the Protestant Reformation. Throughout his adult life, Calvin manifested a singular passion with God. To Calvin, the only thing that mattered was correcting God's church, which he thought had wandered away from the truth.
From Calvin's time, the movement has grown and spread throughout Europe and into North and South America, Africa, and Asia. He desired intensely to subjugate the world to what he saw as God's truth, and his ideas started the movement now known as Calvinism. Today 'New Calvinism' is a major branch of Protestantism.In this Very Short Introduction Jon Balserak explores Calvin's life and considers the major ideas and issues associated with the Calvinist system of thought.
He looks at how Calvinist ideas and practices spread and took root, helping shape