http://www.firwoodchurch.com/blog/the-reformers-john-calvin/ At Firwood Church we're passionate about Jesus. We live to give glory to God and to preach the gospel to the lost. <br><br> This Podcast contains sermons from the Pastors team at Firwood Church. <br> <br> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.firwoodchurch.com/blog/the-reformers-john-calvin/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Bill Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:53:03 +0000 http://www.firwoodchurch.com/?p=2561#comment-75 Thank you Andy, look forward to it in eager anticipation. Bill Thank you Andy, look forward to it in eager anticipation. Bill

]]> http://www.firwoodchurch.com/blog/the-reformers-john-calvin/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Andy Evans Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:25:53 +0000 http://www.firwoodchurch.com/?p=2561#comment-74 Hi Bill, thanks for the comments. We hope to cover Martin Luther, John Owen, Jonathan Edwards and others over the coming weeks... Watch this space. Hi Bill, thanks for the comments. We hope to cover Martin Luther, John Owen, Jonathan Edwards and others over the coming weeks… Watch this space.

]]> http://www.firwoodchurch.com/blog/the-reformers-john-calvin/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Bill Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:33:51 +0000 http://www.firwoodchurch.com/?p=2561#comment-72 Many Church historians today believe that Gerald Chauvin (Calvin’s father) was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church because of his outspoken views on the separation of Church and State. Calvin’s brother was excommunicated also, probably for the same views as his father. Calvin himself was influenced by St Augustine as he reports several times in his Institutes and of course by Scripture, much in the same way as Luther was by the book of Romans and with the writings of Jan Huss (A priest from Prague who had been burnt at the stake about 100 years before Luther’s Thesis was nailed to the door. His views on transubstantiation were viewed as heretical. Huss is a personal hero of mine in church history and he did much to path the way for the reformation). As to Calvin’s conversion, he never speaks of his conversion to Christ in any of his writings but it is obvious from his life that there certainly was one. Good to get some church history – more please. Many Church historians today believe that Gerald Chauvin (Calvin’s father) was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church because of his outspoken views on the separation of Church and State. Calvin’s brother was excommunicated also, probably for the same views as his father.
Calvin himself was influenced by St Augustine as he reports several times in his Institutes and of course by Scripture, much in the same way as Luther was by the book of Romans and with the writings of Jan Huss (A priest from Prague who had been burnt at the stake about 100 years before Luther’s Thesis was nailed to the door. His views on transubstantiation were viewed as heretical. Huss is a personal hero of mine in church history and he did much to path the way for the reformation).
As to Calvin’s conversion, he never speaks of his conversion to Christ in any of his writings but it is obvious from his life that there certainly was one.
Good to get some church history – more please.

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