HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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People believed God’s law was the only law and disobeyed local laws.
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People believed that their leaders were chosen by God.
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People turned away from God and the Church.
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People worked hard and behaved well.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did Calvinism affect England? Most Calvinists decided that they were probably among the saved. To prove it, they worked hard, behaved well, and obeyed the laws of their towns. In this way, Calvinism helped promote a stable society.
Detailed explanation-2: -As a public theology, Calvinism has had a truly immense influence on religious, social and political developments, particularly in Europe and North America. Before WWI Calvinism was formative in the program of the SOCIAL GOSPEL movement for religiously based social, moral and political improvements to society.
Detailed explanation-3: -Calvin taught that all men must work, even the rich, because to work was the will of God. It was the duty of men to serve as God’s instruments here on earth, to reshape the world in the fashion of the Kingdom of God, and to become a part of the continuing process of His creation (Braude, 1975).
Detailed explanation-4: -It emphasizes that diligence, discipline, and frugality are a result of a person’s subscription to the values espoused by the Protestant faith, particularly Calvinism. The phrase was initially coined in 1905 by Max Weber in his book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
Detailed explanation-5: -Calvinism, the theology advanced by John Calvin, a Protestant reformer in the 16th century, and its development by his followers. The term also refers to doctrines and practices derived from the works of Calvin and his followers that are characteristic of the Reformed churches.