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John Calvin   /dʒɑn kˈælvən/   Listen
John Calvin

noun
1.
Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564).  Synonyms: Calvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Cauvin, Jean Chauvin.





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"John Calvin" Quotes from Famous Books



... we meet in Plymouth is John Calvin Coolidge, the father of our President. We soon learn that he keeps the village store, shoes horses, collects insurance premiums, and runs a small farm. In conversing with him, we discover that he is of staunch American stock—in fact, ...
— Modern Americans - A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades • Chester Sanford


Words linked to "John Calvin" :   theologiser, Jean Caulvin, theologist, Jean Cauvin, theologian, Jean Chauvin, theologizer


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