Calvin ’09: Great Reformer’s 500th birthday

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

In this 2005 file photo, busts of John Calvin are seen in a Geneva, Switzerland. Calvin, the Great Reformer, used dictatorial means in making Geneva a “Protestant Rome” but planted the seeds of modern democracy. He enforced rigid morality, stressed social solidarity but also had a share in developi...

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 developing capitalism. He supporte...

Published: 07/04/2009