Friday, March 19, 2004

Niggling details

Straight from Marlo:
    The Encyclopedia Britannica says that John Calvin was born in France (and died in Switzerland).

      Developments after Calvin: While Lutheranism was largely confined to parts of Germany and to SCANDINAVIA, Calvinism spread into ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, the English-speaking colonies in NORTH AMERICA, France, the Netherlands, much of Germany, and parts of central EUROPE.


    No wonder it's confusing!

      He was a RC who gradually became a Protestant. His book Institutes of the Christian Religion, his masterwork, became the single most important statement of Protestant belief.

    Shall we add it to our book list? (Kidding.)

Note: during our discussion on The Artist by Jan de Hartog, a question came up regarding Calvinism, where Calvinism flourished, what influence it had on the Dutch, so on. Marlo followed up with the above from the Encyclopedia Brittanica.

No comments: