John Calvin wrote the Institutes of the Christian Religion in 1536.
John Calvin, one of the key theologians and philosophers of the Protestant Reformation, broke away from the Catholic Church in 1530. He fled to Switzerland after anti-Protestant uprisings in France. While there, he published his "Institutes of Christian Religion" in 1536.
John Calvin's followers were called Huguenots in France.
John Calvin publishes The Institutes of the Christian Religion.
Calvinists
The theologian and pastor John Calvin was of French nationality. He was born in the Picardy region of France and also lived in Strasbourg during his life, before fleeing to Switzerland due to violent religious uprising against Protestants in France.
The followers of John Calvin were actually called Puritans.
They were called "Presbyterians" in Scotland.Although in John Calvin's homeland, France, they were called "Huguenots". And in the colonies of America, they were called "Puritans"
The Huguenots are the French Calvinists
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John Calvin was exiled from France and settled in Geneva. He taught pre-destination as one of the elements of what would become Calvinism.
In 1536, John Calvin published the The Institutes of the Christian Religion. The title is perhaps better translated as “Principles of the Christian Faith".