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on predestination with John Calvin at Geneva. ||
 * ​John Calvin || Martin Luther || John Knox ||
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 * The man shown above is John Calvin. Calvin was a Protestant priest who joined the Reformation movement and preached his beliefs to many people both through public speaking, and his book "Institutes of the Christian Religion". Born in France, John Calvin trained as a lawyer and a priest. He recited rituals and stressed the importance of the Bible, saying that it was the only source of religious truth. Calvin also believed that salvation was through faith alone, and that the world was divided into two kinds, Saints and Sinners. He lead a city-state in Switzerland and there, set up a theocracy . Lastly, Calvinists tought hard work, discipline, thrift, honesty, and morality, and believed in religious education for girls. John Calvin's largest and most important idea was predestination, or the idea that God long ago determined who would gain salvation. He believed that this was decided before a person was born, and throughout that person's lifetime, God's decision would not change. This, and all of John Calvin's other ideas had a lasting affect on the world, including a new religion, the Calvinists. || Martin Luther was a german preist and humanist that had a huge impact on the people of the renaissance.He argued against the practices of the Catholic Church. At this time in history, the Catholic Church needed money. To get that money, they sold people indulgences, which were a documents that could help people buy salvation. Being a humanist, Martin Luther greatly opposed this concept and persuaded many people to revolt against the currupt teachings of Catholic authorities. Luther taught that salvation came to all of those who followed god, and it didn't have to be earned or bought.The teachings of Martin Luther mostly had a social impact on the people of his time. This is because he caused people to break away from the Catholic Church, and join Lutheran or other Protestant sects of the Christian church. || John Knox was one of the most important figures during the Protestant Reformation. He studied at the University of St. Andrews. He was ordained as a priest in 1540. In 1547, he stopped being a priest and hid up in the St. Andrews castle with other Protestant Reformers. These Protestants were the enemies of King Henry VIII of England. After a couple of years, he figured that since Scotland was Catholic, then what was the point of being there because he was a Protestant Preacher. So Knox traveled to England to meet King Edward VI of England and the King made John a special Protestant preacher. Many people heard of Knox's arrival and looked up to him as a preacher in that area. Knox began his study