2009-10-26
John Calvin – the Man
JOHN CALVIN – THE MAN An address by Dr Rowland S. Ward given on 24 October 2009 at Creek Road Presbyterian Church, Brisbane John Calvin – a Frenchman who lived from 1509-1564 and was one of a number of notable Reformers of the Church. Assessments of Calvin’s character have varied widely. In 1577 Jerome Bolsec called him “John Calvin of Noyon, a man among all others who were ever in the world ambitious, presumptuous, arrogant, cruel, malicious, vengeful, and above all ignorant.” He had a few other scurrilous comments which I don’t care to repeat here. Bolsec had left the Catholic ChurchRead More →