The places where Calvin lived
There are still traces of Calvin’s presence in the places where he stayed :
- In Noyon, where he was born, beside the cathedral, his father worked as an lawyer for the canons. His mother would take him every year to attend mass at the nearby Abbaye d’Ourscamp ;
- In the French institutions where he studied ;
- In the places where he sought refuge when he was exiled from France.
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Jean Calvin
With the publication of his book: The Institution of the Christian Religion, Jean Calvin establishes himself as the main theologian of the Reformed current. He was called to Geneva, which...
Associated notes
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Calvin at work
Calvin was an tireless worker. -
Calvin and the Bible
Although Calvin considered the Bible to be of fundamental importance in his theses, he cannot be considered a fundamentalist. The authority of the Scriptures, according to him, called for interpretation :... -
Jean Calvin (1509-1564)
A generation after Luther, the Frenchman Jean Calvin became the organiser of the Reformation : he organised the Church, shaped the doctrine and defined the role of the Church in state government. -
The Works of Jean Calvin
In his writings there are six major works. -
Jean Calvin museum
Noyon is one of the largest historical cities in the north of France, situated 100km north of Paris. From 531 onwards it was a bishop’s see, (the first bishop was... -
Portraits of Calvin
Very few portraits were painted in his lifetime. In fact, most paintings portraying him were done in the XIXth century.