[Cronos]

I’ve not read that before — please could you elaborate — I’d like to know more about that.

[SolidWood]

One of the cornerstones of Calvinism is that achieving earthly wealth is a sign of ones salvation, which is basically the profit scheme of capitalism. He also reinterpreted scripture regarding the supposed prohibition of interest charging. He clearly paved the way for modern Western capitalism.

Max Weber wrote 1920 a book on Calvins influence on capitalism. The entire book is aviable online for free: Max Weber: The Protestan Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism