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Discuss John Calvin-Calvinism and education (1509 - 1564)

      

Discuss John Calvin-Calvinism and education (1509 - 1564)

  

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Martin
Calvin was French. His opposition ideas lead him to be expelled from furnace to settle in genera Switzerland. He was a lawyer. He was particularly opposed to the sacramental system. Scriptures he believed was enough to tell one about god.

Some of calving contributions were;

a. He emphasized scriptural reading – it meant that both the clergy and laity had to be literate.

b. According to Calvin, all human begins inherited Adams sin. He believed that children are more prone to sin and therefore formal education was seen as a way of disciplining and curbing evil. In order to stop this evil, discipline was very harsh and he even encouraged corporal punishment. Calvin rejected play and idleness children were required to be busy.

c. Like Luther he advocated for a dual system, common people attending vernacular schools and classic Latin school for the upper class to prepare them for leadership. Protestants came as a threat to the Roman Catholic Church. There came the catholic Counter Reformation.
marto answered the question on May 20, 2019 at 06:31


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