"Predestination" was one of the doctrines thought to be true by john Calvin. It teaches that the salvation or damnation of a person is predestine, or in other words, the person is chosen to be condemned or saved by God from birth. this teaching, however, has a rather large flaw: see "The paradox of free will" in the link below for further information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will_in_theology#The_paradox_of_free_will
John Calvin believed in the eternal decree of an all-powerful god.
He believed in predestination and that all people were decided by God whether they would enter heaven or hell at conception. He also created the religion Calvinism.
Doctrine of Of Predestination
John Calvin's religious ideas were spread to North America from Europe. "John Calvin's Protestant teachings were spread across Europe and into North America."
Calvinism
John Calvin
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland
John Calvin
They were both religious.
Calvinism.
John Calvin publishes The Institutes of the Christian Religion.
John Calvin, Martin Luther and others
Calvin believed that the church and state should be separate but the consistory tried moral and religious offenders.
He fled from his homeland because of his religious beliefs