Calvinism: Quick Facts

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Jan van Hembyze

Flemish Calvinist

John Calvin

John Calvin

French theologian

Max Weber

Max Weber

German sociologist

Theodore Beza

Theodore Beza

French theologian

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Richard Henry Tawney

British economist

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Cyril Lucaris

patriarch of Constantinople

Ames, William

William Ames

English theologian

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Jacobus Revius

Dutch writer

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Gisbertus Voetius

Dutch theologian

Calamy, Edmund

Edmund Calamy

British theologian

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Antoine Arnauld

French theologian

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Louis Maimbourg

French historian

Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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