John Calvin

John Calvin was born in Noyon, Picardy which is in France. The leadership of Swiss Protestantism was passed on to Calvin after Zwingli, the previous leader, was killed in battle. Once he became the leader of Protestantism, Calvin wrote the Institutes of the Christian Religion. This was the basic break-down of the Protestant religion. Institutes of the Christian Religion gave Calvin his reputation as the new leader of Protestantism. Calvin agreed with Martin Luther in many of his beliefs and believed that God was sovereign. Calvin was able to come up with many ideas which were emphasized on the powerful nature of God. One of these ideas was predestination. After coming up with this idea Calvinism became a working faith. By 1536 Calvin's next project was to reform the city of Geneva. Calvin created a churh government which consisted of a Consistory. Calvin's work on reforming the city of Geneva made it the capital of the Protestant Reformation.