1. The Protestant Reformation Part II
John Calvin and the Puritans

2. Getting Started What do the following words mean?
How might they relate to the Protestant Reformation?
Predestination
Elect

3. Predestination
If predestination was your belief how would it impact the way you lived?
What type of person must Calvin and his followers have been?

4. John Calvin

5. The Early Life of John Calvin
Birth name was Jean Cauvin
Born in 1509 in Noyon, France
Went to the University of Paris to train as a lawyer
Somewhat of a Humanist
May have been trained as an ordained priest

6. Calvin’s Spirituality
Had a spiritual conversion at age 24
Read the works of Luther and had insight about the true meaning of Christianity
Wrote many books

7. Calvin’s Spirituality
Wrote Institutes of Christian Religion
Written in Latin
Universal language of Europe so more people could read it
Important because:
Appealed to human reason
Was logical
Not aimed at a specific region

8. Calvin and Luther Agreed with Luther about:
Problems with the Catholic Church
Justification by faith
People were predestined to go to heaven or not
These people were known as the elect

9. Calvin vs. Luther Church and government should work together Example:
The King of a country is in charge of the government and the Church

10. Calvin Goes to Geneva Creates his own Calvinist community in Geneva
The church was in charge of running the government
Known as a theocracy

11. Rules of the Calvinists
Attend sermons five times a week
No playing cards or dice
Do not sing in church
No working or playing on Sunday

12. Calvin and the Puritans
Who were they?
English Protestants
What did they believe?
Wanted to purify the church
Get rid of the Catholics
Liked the basic elements of the church
Spreads to America