Scholar

John Calvin

1509–1564 · Reformer; total depravity and double predestination; the sensus divinitatis.

Biography

John Calvin developed Augustine's thought into total depravity and double predestination, and taught that all people have an innate sensus divinitatis, a sense of God distorted by sin.

Key Ideas

  • Total depravity.
  • Double predestination.
  • Sensus divinitatis.

Topics Appearing In

Exam Importance

Cite on the sensus divinitatis in Knowledge of God and as a development of Augustine's predestination.

Works to explore

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  • Calvin — Institutes of the Christian Religion (by the scholar)