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Jean Calvin
1509–1564
A leading voice of the Protestant Reformation, he reshaped Christian theology and helped make Geneva a center of religious reform. His writings, especially the Institutes of the Christian Religion, influenced churches, politics, and education far beyond his own century.
5 Audiobooks
Letters of John Calvin, Volume II Compiled from the Original Manuscripts and Edited with Historical Notes
by Jean Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)
by Jean Calvin
Letters of John Calvin, Volume I Compiled from the Original Manuscripts and Edited with Historical Notes
by Jean Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)
by Jean Calvin
A Treatise on Relics
by Jean Calvin
About the author
Born in Noyon, France, in 1509, Jean Calvin trained in the humanities and law before becoming one of the most important reformers of the 16th century. After a religious conversion, he emerged as a major Protestant thinker, and his Institutes of the Christian Religion became one of the era’s most influential works of theology.
Calvin is closely associated with Geneva, where he served as pastor and helped shape the city’s religious life and church organization. He played a central role in developing what later came to be called Reformed theology, with a strong emphasis on the authority of Scripture, the sovereignty of God, and disciplined Christian community.
He died in Geneva in 1564, but his ideas continued to spread across Europe and beyond. Whether admired for his clarity and discipline or debated for his strictness, he remains one of the defining figures of the Reformation.