Calvinism
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- Calvinism
- Ins***utes of Christian Religion
- First published in Latin in 1535-6
- Calvin, french scholar and reformist, wrote the most influential reference works in the religious history
- Written in the Swiss city of Bassle where he had fled from possible persecution by the Catholic Francis I of France
- 6 chapter introduction to the Christian faith
- Final version of 1559 contained 80 chapters
- It was not expressing Calvinist ideas, it was explaining the protestant faith and at the same time showing how it could be organised and effective
- Its lucid style and clear structure made it influential, especially in the 1541 French translation
- The Ecclesiastical Ordinances
- The organisation of the Church was a vital point for Calvin
- This differed from Luther's who left organisation to the Princes, essentially state control
- Calvin said the Church must have a structure - the properly appointed ministers must preach the word and administer the sacraments
- In 1541 Calvin drafted an ecclesiastical cons***ution for Geneva
- His condition for taking on responsibility for the spiritual welfare of the city was that these ordinances must be accepted
- In terms of Calvin's theology, *** established a ministry which, instead of having bishop, was based on 4 offices
- Pastors
- Doctors
- Elders
- Deacons
- The ordinances set up schools in each parish for children of primary age
- There were no colleges for higher education until the Genevan Academy in 1559
- The organisation of the Church was a vital point for Calvin
- Double Predestination
- Calvin's most famous and controversial doctrine
- God has decided before birth who should be saved and who should be damned
- Saved = The elect
- Damned= reprobate
- The decision to be saved or damned can't be changed
- The Bible as the basis for all belief
- Calvin acknowledged the Bible as the final athority
- All human ins***utions and doctrines ha to be tested against this
- His own doctrine statements were based on these scripture
- Not all of it was taken literally
- Much of Calvin's writings and preachings were devoted to explaining the books of the Bible
- Geneva's success
- The Theocratic State
- The Genevan Academy
- Suppression of political opponents
- Geneva's precious exposure to reform
- Suppression of Religious opponents
- The Role of Calvin
- Spread through Europe
- Success
- Quite successful
- Scotland
- Germany
- Poland
- Humgary
- Very Successful
- France
- A little successful
- Netherlands
- Quite successful
- No Success
- All very religious countries
- Spain
- Portugal
- Italy
- All very religious countries
- Success
- Ins***utes of Christian Religion
- The organisation of the Church was a vital point for Calvin
- This differed from Luther's who left organisation to the Princes, essentially state control
- Saved = The elect
- Damned= reprobate
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