History of the United States I / Unit 2 USH1 0164 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Calvin and Predestination
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The idea
Calvin, a French lawyer, led the Reformation from Geneva, stressing predestination: God selected a few for salvation and destined everyone else to damnation.
In practice
A Bible commonwealth whose sole authority was its reading of scripture, not any prince.
Where people slip
Reading scripture prepared sinners, if they were among the elect, to receive grace.
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