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John Calvin (/ ˈ k æ l v ɪ n /; [1] Middle French: Jehan Cauvin; French: Jean Calvin [ʒɑ̃ kalvɛ̃]; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.
Calvin's ideas on mission are widely in line with those of the other reformers. Calvin is also astonished by the spread of the Gospel in the world. Although Christ after his resurrection “pervaded the whole world like lightning“, [48] the comprehensive missionary mandate will not be completed until Christ’s return.
Calvin is a masculine given name.It has been particularly popular among French Protestants, who may be baptized as John Calvin, theologian, Protestant reformer and proponent of Calvinism, although in the judgement of the Oxford Dictionary of First Names, the modern given name "owes its popularity as much to the New York fashion designer Calvin Klein [b. 1942] as to the theologian".
John Calvin (1509–1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation, and one of the most influential reformers. He was a central figure for the Reformed churches, whose theological system is sometimes called Calvinism. Calvin had a positive view of Mary, but rejected the Roman Catholic veneration of her.
Ivy Lammar Calvin (born September 10, 1971) is an American former professional football fullback and linebacker who played for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League in 1995. He is perhaps best known for being on the main cast of A&E's Storage Wars since 2012.
Calvin Johnson Jr. (born September 29, 1985) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons with the Detroit Lions. Nicknamed " Megatron " after the Transformers character of the same name , he is regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time. [ 1 ]
Sixteenth-century portrait of John Calvin by an unknown artist. From the collection of the Bibliothèque de Genève (Library of Geneva). John Calvin is the most well-known Reformed theologian of the generation following Zwingli's death, but recent scholarship has argued that several previously overlooked individuals had at least as much influence on the development of Reformed Christianity and ...
Susan Calvin, fictional robopsychologist in Isaac Asimov's short stories; Calvin Company, a defunct educational and industrial film production company; Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes), a comic strip character Calvin, a novel by Martine Leavitt about a mentally ill teenager's obsession with the comic strip character