Calvin's Reply to Cardinal Sadolet (Part 2/2) - John Calvin

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▶️Cardinal Sadolet’s Letter to Geneva: The Forgotten Reformation Warning- Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto
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John Calvin (1509–1564) was a French theologian, pastor, and reformer whose ideas shaped the Reformed (Calvinist) branch of Protestantism and continue to influence Christianity, politics, and Western thought today.Early Life & Education (1509–1533)Born Jean Calvin on 10 July 1509 in Noyon, France, he was the second of four sons of a church notary. His father secured him a church benefice at age 12, funding his education. Calvin studied at the University of Paris (Collège de Montaigu), then law at Orléans and Bourges — the best legal training in Europe.He was a brilliant humanist scholar, mastering Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. In his early 20s he was still planning a quiet life as a scholar when, around 1533–1534, he experienced a sudden “sudden conversion” to Protestantism (he never described the exact moment in detail). When King Francis I began persecuting Protestants after the 1534 Affair of the Placards, Calvin fled France.The Institutes & First Geneva Period (1536–1538)In Basel, Switzerland, the 27-year-old Calvin anonymously published the first edition of his masterpiece, Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536). It was an instant sensation — a clear, systematic summary of Protestant theology.While traveling to Strasbourg, he stopped in Geneva. The fiery reformer Guillaume Farel literally begged him on his knees to stay and help organize the new Protestant city. Calvin reluctantly agreed.In Geneva he introduced strict church discipline, catechism classes, and moral oversight by the Consistory. The city council expelled both Calvin and Farel in 1538 after a power struggle