Why did John Calvin create Calvinism?

Answer 1

Calvinism was based on new reform movement that began in France, adopting a position mid-way between the Lutherans and Zwingli.

Calvin worked in Geneva from 1541 until 1564 and promulgated these ideas in the French-speaking areas of Switzerland. He advocated a theocratic state, where the state enforced ecclesiastical doctrines, discipline and morality.

Answer 2

Martin Luther decided that the (roman catholic) church had become lax in its teachings, and formed his own church.

Some years later John Calvin decided the Lutherans had become too lax in its teachings and formed his own church,

The story continues to this day.

Answer 3

Calvinism is not a religion, it is a part of Christianity. John Calvin elaborated on the theological groundwork of St. Augustine. Both Calvin and Augustine are accepted as a part of orthodox Christianity (unlike other movements like Jehovah's Witness and Mormonism).

Calvin started his theological movement in response to Arminianism which was a group of Christians in his time that were proponents of Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism. His theological arguments are mounted against the statements of the Arminians and should be studied in the appropriate context.

Answer 4

because john Calvin, like martin Luther, knew that what the church was doing was wrong

Answer 5

Becuase Calvinism was what he believed in and what he thought was the right thing to believe.

Answer 6

Calvinsim was an international form of Protestantism because it was a dynamic and activist faith