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Bible History Birthday!: John Calvin

To celebrate our NEW How We Got the Bible Series, we’re also celebrating the birthdays of the folks that God has used to get the Bible to where it is today! John Calvin b. July 10, 1509 John Calvin, a French theologian and pastor, fled the University of Paris for Switzerland when his speech on Continue Reading

Happy 503rd Birthday, John Calvin

Happy 503rd birthday today, July 10, to reformer John Calvin. Find out more about the rise of Protestantism in this handy time line. It not only gives the background of 100 key people and events in the Protestant Reformation, it also gives the 5 Points of Calvinism, the 5 Points of Arminianism, and includes a Continue Reading

Church History: 200 Key People and Events of the Reformation

How did the various denominations come about? What’s so important about Martin Luther, John Calvin, and King Henry VIII? What events in the 1400’s set the stage for the Reformation? This handy timeline summarizes the 200 key people and events of the Reformation — just in time for Reformation Sunday, October 31. Includes the 5 Continue Reading