John Calvin-Life,Legacy and Theology

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JOHN CALVIN : LIFE, LEGACY AND THEOLOGY - PROF. M. M. NINAN CHAPTER TWO INSTITUTE OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND IN AND OUT OF GENEVA Eventually he made his way to Basel, then a Protestant city who welcomed people who were still wavering. In Basel Calvin plunged into the systematic study of theology. There he voraciously read the writings of Protestant Reformers, most notably Luther, and the writings of the church fathers, like Augustine. During these time he collected materials for his famous publication. 20
JOHN CALVIN : LIFE, LEGACY AND THEOLOGY - PROF. M. M. NINAN In March 1536, Calvin published the first Latin edition of his Institutio Christianae Religionis or Institutes of the Christian Religion The word “institutes” derives from the latin “Institution” which means instruction. The work, written in Latin, published in Basel in March 1536 was with a preface addressed to King Francis I of France, entreating him to give the Protestants a hearing rather than continue to persecute them. In the foreword to the French king François I, Epistle to the king, Calvin claimed that the Protestants were good Christians who did not mean to contest the King’s power. Francis I (French: François Ier) (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 until his death. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his cousin and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a son. A prodigious patron of the arts, he initiated the French Renaissance by attracting many Italian artists to work on the Château de Chambord, including Leonardo da Vinci, who brought the Mona Lisa with him, which Francis had acquired. Francis' reign saw important cultural changes with the rise of absolute monarchy in France, the spread of humanism and Protestantism, and the beginning of French exploration of the New World. Jacques Cartier and others claimed lands in the Americas for France and paved the way for the expansion of the first French colonial empire. The first edition comprised six chapters in which Calvin reworked on Luther’s notion of free salvation, and explained the main characteristics of the christian faith, i.e. the ten commandments(the decalogue ), 21
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