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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 20 > 500 years after his birth, John Calvin is still influential, controversial

500 years after his birth, John Calvin is still influential, controversial

By Hanns Neuerbourg / The Bulletin
June 20, 2009

GENEVA — John Calvin, the Great Reformer, used dictatorial means in making Geneva a “Protestant Rome,” but he also planted the seeds of modern democracy.

He enforced rigid morality and stressed the importance of helping others, while he also had a share in....

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