Jean Cauvin

Definitions of Jean Cauvin
  1. noun
    Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
    synonyms: Calvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin, John Calvin
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    theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer
    someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
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