1. John Calvin and the Reformation

2. 2. John Calvin
Follower of Luther who then added his own ideas

3. Calvin believed in: Predestination
At birth God decides who achieves salvation (if you will go to heaven or hell)
A person’s destiny was predetermined
Predestination

4. Two types of people:
saints and sinners
Purified approach to life:
No drinking, swearing, card playing, gambling etc..

5. CALVINISM Started in Switzerland – Calvinists England = Puritans
Scotland = Presbyterians
Holland = Dutch Reform
France = Huguenots
Germany = Reform Church
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6. “May little chickens dig out your eyes 100,000 times.”
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“May little chickens dig out your eyes 100,000 times.”
- Calvin speaking to another reformer whose ideas he disagreed with

7. Christianity Protestant Catholic Lutheran Calvinism Puritan
Presbyterian
Puritan
Hugeunots

9. III.Effects
Religious unity ends in Europe
- New Protestant Churches emerge
2. A century of wars

11. 3. Catholic Counter Reformation
- The church’s reaction: strengthen Catholicism to stop
people from converting to Protestantism

12. 4. Anti-Semitism increases; many Jews were forced into Eastern Europe

13. Education & Literacy increase
Protestants believed EVERYONE must be able to read the Bible.
The Printing Press made this possible.

14. How did the Scientific Revolution affect the Protestant Reformation?
Gutenberg’s Printing Press made it possible for Luther to spread his beliefs
Posted his 95 Theses on Church doors in Germany
Gained support from people and criticism from Church
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15. The first thing printed on Gutenberg’s press was the Bible.
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The first thing printed on Gutenberg’s press was the Bible.
This is a picture of a page from one of Gutenberg’s Bibles.

16. What was the Protestant Reformation?
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What was the Protestant Reformation?
In the end the reformers, like Luther, established their own religions
The Reformation caused a split in Christianity with the formation of these new Protestant religions