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Calvin-J

John Calvin

Born in 1509, died in 1564; studied in Paris and elsewhere, and joined the Reformation movement about 1528; banished from Paris in 1533; published his “Institutes” in 1536; went to Geneva in 1536; banished from Geneva in 1538, returning in 1541; had a memorable controversy with Servetus in 1553.