The local bishop employed Calvin’s father as an administrator in the town’s cathedral. The father, in turn, wanted John to become a priest. Because of close ties with the bishop and his noble family, ...

The Meeter Center houses one of the world’s largest collections of materials on John Calvin, Calvinism, the Reformation and early modern studies. The Center, jointly supported by Calvin University and ...

This helped to inspire future Protestant leaders such as John Knox. When Cardinal Beaton had George Wishart executed, he became even more unpopular with the Protestants and in 1545 Beaton himself ...