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To: Gamecock; Natural Law; Cronos; MarkBsnr; Judith Anne; vladimir998
Don’t make me laugh

I wouldn't think of it. You're Calvinist, aren't you.

that is nothing but a Catholic caricature

He indeed was bitter that his father and brother were excommunicated and he was bitter that his father forced him to stop his theological studies to become a lawyer. But no worries on your side. According to Calvinist theolgoy his father was predestined to be a crook and John Calvin was predestined to be bitter.

300 posted on 09/22/2010 12:29:16 AM PDT by Al Hitan
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To: Al Hitan; Gamecock; Dr. Eckleburg
That is interesting. Wikipedia gives the following info
Calvin was born Jean Cauvin on 10 July 1509 in the town of Noyon in the Picardy region of France. He was the second of three sons who survived infancy. His father, Gérard Cauvin, had a prosperous career as the cathedral notary and registrar to the ecclesiastical court.

Gérard intended his three sons—Charles, Jean, and Antoine—for the priesthood. Jean was particularly precocious; by age 12, he was employed by the bishop as a clerk and received the tonsure, cutting his hair to symbolise his dedication to the Church.

He became involved in financial embarrassment, and was excommunicated, perhaps on suspicion of heresy. He died May 26 (or 25), 1531, after a long sickness, and would have been buried in unconsecrated soil but for the intercession of his oldest son, Charles, who gave security for the discharge of his father's obligations.

In 1525 or 1526, Gérard withdrew his son from Montaigu and enrolled him in the University of Orléans to study law. According to contemporary biographers Theodore Beza and Nicolas Colladon, Gérard believed his son would earn more money as a lawyer than as a priest
No wonder Calvin looked for any means to lash out.
303 posted on 09/22/2010 1:32:16 AM PDT by Cronos (This Church is holy, the one Church, the true Church, the Catholic Church-St.Augustine)
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