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There are many biographies of John Calvin, the theologian—some vilifying him and others extolling his virtues—but few that reveal John Calvin, the man. Professor and renowned Reformation historian Herman Selderhuis has written John Calvin: A Pilgrim’s Life to bring Calvin near to the reader, showing him as a man who had an impressive impact on the development of the Western world, but who was...

forms in virtually every phase of his life. Calvin was, as it were, harnessed to God’s cart with blinders on to prevent him from turning aside from the road to which God had led him. In that state one can only go forward, trusting in God’s direction. Predestination means that one cannot lose faith, providence that one cannot lose the way. ANGOULÊME1 Until May 4, 1534, Calvin was still an official member of the Roman Catholic clergy, and so during his stay in Angoulême, he was called several times
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