Daniel_Cheung
06-19-2009, 12:34 PM
Calvin '09: Great Reformer's 500th birthday
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_re/eu_rel_religion_today
John Calvin, the Great Reformer, used dictatorial means in making Geneva a "Protestant Rome," but he also planted the seeds of modern democracy.
He enforced rigid morality and stressed the importance of helping others, while he also had a share in developing capitalism. He supported the destruction of religious statues and other images, but described the arts as gifts from God....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_re/eu_rel_religion_today
John Calvin, the Great Reformer, used dictatorial means in making Geneva a "Protestant Rome," but he also planted the seeds of modern democracy.
He enforced rigid morality and stressed the importance of helping others, while he also had a share in developing capitalism. He supported the destruction of religious statues and other images, but described the arts as gifts from God....