JOHN CALVIN THE PROTESTANTS

John Calvin, influenced by Martin Luther, became a significant figure in the Protestant Reformation. He and Ignatius of Loyola, who later founded the Jesuit order, were classmates at the University of Paris. In 1554, John Knox traveled to Geneva to study under Calvin and later founded the Presbyterian Church, referring to Calvin as “his most worshipful master” and signing himself as “Your most devoted.” Calvin is renowned for his doctrine of predestination, which asserts that God predetermined who would be eternally saved and who would be condemned to hell. John Calvin believed that human free will is bound by sin, making people unable to choose good without divine intervention 443