John Calvin was a crucial participant in the Protestant Reformation (1517 – 1648). The Protestant reformation was a stage in time where people started to challenge the Catholic Church teachings as they believed that the church had gotten too far away from the bible as a source and that the Pope and Priests were misusing their power. Calvin had a great amount of power including being able to govern a city in Switzerland called Geneva all because of his religious beliefs and theories.
Calvinism is best remembered by the word ‘tulip’ as each letter in the word represents some of the main points to Calvinism. The letter ‘T’ stands for ‘Total Depravity’ meaning the bible teaches us that we don’t have the ability to do anything good