Will Durant, ‘’The Reformation, The Story of Civilization: Part VI’’, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1957
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[T]he man who darkened the human soul with the most absurd and blasphemous conception of God in all the long and honored history of nonsense.
— Will Durant
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About John Calvin
John Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a major French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation; he is renowned for his teaching and infamous for his role in the execution of Michael Servetus.
About John Calvin
John Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a major French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation; he is renowned for his teaching and infamous for his role in the execution of Michael Servetus.
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