|
|
Definition of Jean Cauvin
1. Noun. Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564).
Generic synonyms: Theologian, Theologiser, Theologist, Theologizer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jean Cauvin
Literary usage of Jean Cauvin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Reformation by Thomas Martin Lindsay (1914)
"Jean Cauvin (latinised into Calvinus) was born at Noyon in Picardy on the 10th
of July 1509. He was the second son in a family of four sons and two ..."
2. A History of the Reformation by Thomas Martin Lindsay (1910)
"Jean Cauvin (latinised into Calvinus) was born at Noyon in Picardy on the 10th
of July 1509. He was the second son in a family of four sons and two ..."
3. Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1881)
"Jean Cauvin was educated at the College des ... Jean Cauvin went to Paris at a
critical time in the history of the information. Two years previously the ..."
4. A Sketch of the Reformation by Thomas Bayley Fox (1907)
"Jean Cauvin (latinised into Calvinus) was born at Noyon in Picardy on the 10th
of July 1509. He was the second son in a family of four sons and two ..."
5. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1848)
"Annales de 1'Eglise de Noyon, at the chapter entitled, D'un autre Jean Cauvin,
chapelain, vicaire de la meme eglise de Noyon, non here- tique, ..."
Other Resources:
