8. Calvin thought that sacraments produce real, beneficial effects: “They, by sealing it to us, sustain, nourish, confirm, and increase our faith.” (IV, 14:7) / “That sacred communion of ...

It was the summer of 1536; Calvin had recently converted to the "evangelical" faith and had just published The Institutes of the Christian Religion, ... John Calvin dies. 1611.

For Calvin, justice is not a distraction from or tangential to the Christian faith but is integral to it. While this might surprise some people today, John Calvin believed that we must act justly ...

FAITH. Calvin relevant on 500th birthday. Staff Writer. The Columbus Dispatch. John Calvin has been gone a long time. He was born 500 years ago and died in 1564.

I’m not aware of this particular kind of thinking from Mr. Calvin. However, I’m not in agreement with such a conclusion as human ignorance of their misery. Mr. Calvin must have been having a ...