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- Revd Jonathon Pryke
- 1hr 18mins
- 4 November 1996
John Calvin was born in 1509 and converted from "Catholic academic to fugitive reformer" - becoming one of the key theologians in church history. Though by nature shy and withdrawn Calvin was still clearly a great leader and teacher. By the age of 29 he had written the outline of the Institutes of the Christian Religion - the work that would become his most famous.
