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To: Cronos
Calvin's roots were not Catholic. his philosophy like the philosophy of your group is not even largely Christian. Calvin's father and grandfather were convicted of embezzling Church funds and no wonder Calvin had this aim to hit back at Christ and His Church.

His mother, Jeanne Le Franc, born in the Diocese of Cambrai, is mentioned as "beautiful and devout"; she took her little son to various shrines and brought him up a good Catholic

Three of the boys attended the local Collège des Capettes, and there John proved himself an apt scholar.

. The latter [his father]died in 1531, under excommunication from the chapter for not sending in his accounts. The old man's illness, not his lack of honesty, was, we are told, the cause.

He had never been an ardent Catholic; but the stories told at one time of his ill-regulated conduct have no foundation; and by a very natural process he went over to the side on which his family were taking their stand.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03195b.htm

1,035 posted on 11/07/2010 1:38:16 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")
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To: RnMomof7
"The old man's illness, not his lack of honesty, was, we are told, the cause."

Told by whom? Do you apply the evidentiary standard to the accusations of sodomy against Calvin?

1,037 posted on 11/07/2010 1:51:42 PM PST by Natural Law (lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi)
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