What is John Calvin?
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Person | name = John Calvin | image = John Calvin - best likeness.jpg | caption = Engraving from the original oil painting<br />in the University Library of Geneva | birth_date = {{birth date|1509|7|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Noyon]], [[Picardy]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1564|5|27|1509|7|10}} | death_place = [[Geneva City|Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] | occupation = Pastor and theologian | spouse = [[Idelette de Bure]] | parents = [[Gérard Cauvin]] and Jeanne Lefranc }} '''Jean Cauvin''', also '''Jean Calvin''' ([[English language|English]]: '''John Calvin''', July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564), was a [[France|French]] [[Protestant]] [[theology|theologian]] during the [[Protestant Reformation]] who was a central developer of the system of Christian [[theology]] that is called [[Calvinism]] or Reformed theology. In [[Geneva City]], he rejected [[pope|papal]] authority and established a new scheme of [[civics|civic]] and ecclesiastical [[governance]]. He is famous for his teachings and writings and is infamous for his role in the [[execution]] of [[Michael Servetus]]. ==Early life== Calvin was born with the name ''Jean Chauvin'' (or ''Cauvin'', in [[Latin language|Latin]] ''Calvinus'') in [[Noyon]], [[Picardy]], [[France]], (now [[Oise|Oise department]]), to Gérard Cauvin and Jeanne Lefranc. In 1523, Calvin's father, a [[lawyer]], sent his 14-year-old son to the [[University]] of [[Paris]] to study [[humanities]] and [[law]]. By 1532, he had attained a Doctor of Law [[:wikt:degree|degree]] at [[Orléans]]. In 1536, he settled in [[Geneva City]], [[Switzerland]]. After being expelled from the city, he served as a pastor in [[Strasbourg]] from 1538 to 1541, when he returned to Geneva, where he lived until his death. == Thought == Calvin trained to be a [[lawyer]]. He studied with some of the best teachers of the [[Renaissance]] in France. Some of the trainin