John Calvin's Political Views

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http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/theologians/john-calvin.html http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/scholarsandscientists/william-tyndale.html John Calvin had fled from Catholic France with his friends and his sister and went to Strasbourg because at the time it was a free city but the catch was that he was a wanted man because he had made the book The Institutes of the Christian Religion so when the priest came into the tavern at which they were staying at and pleaded him to stay. But because he was only staying there for a short time he had adamantly refused the priest and said that he was staying for a day. But the priest didn't like that so he cursed Calvin’s studies if he didn't stay and as superstitious as everyone

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