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John Calvin, we hardly knew ye

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If you think Dick Cheney has suffered from bad PR, man, think about John Calvin’s image. The father of Calvinism had a heretic burned at the stake in 1553, and it’s been downhill ever since. The burning is what many people remember about the Protestant reformer. Modern drawings of a dour-looking Calvin make Ebenezer Scrooge look like a fun guy.


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This article was published November 3, 2009 at 4:46 a.m.

Editorial, Pages 12 on 11/03/2009

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j12g12_suddenlink.net_ says...

The writer of John Calvins praise failed to mention that Calvin clearly taught that God had predestined an unknown number to eternal damnation. Calvin's doctrine is as short as universalism, Arminianism, materialism, Buddhism and all the other isms.

Jim Glover
Heber Springs

November 4, 2009 at 8:50 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

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