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John Calvin's Influence On The Protestant Reformation

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The Protestant Reformation began in the 16th Century with Martin Luther. Before this, almost the entire population of Europe were Roman Catholic. Luther was studying to become a lawyer when he chose to become a monk instead. He did not like the corruption he saw in the church, especially the selling of indulgences. Because of this, he wrote the Thirty-Five Theses and nailed it to the churches door. This was the start of the Reformation. Many other religions were a result of Lutherism. Calvinism, also known as Augustinianism, was one of them. This religion was founded on the ideas of John Calvin. Although Calvin founded the ideas, Jacobus Arminius truly developed the system of theology. Predestination is the belief that everything that
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