April 25, 1564 A.D. John Calvin pens his last will and testament
April 25, 1564 A.D. John Calvin pens his last will and testament. Brief backstory and the will (further details on his life are told by us elsewhere). Dr. Rusten tells the story at p. 232. Rusten, E. Michael and Rusten, Sharon. The One Year Christian History . Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2003. Available at: http://www.amazon.com/The-Year-Christian-History-Books/dp/0842355073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393302630&sr=8-1&keywords=rusten+church+history John Calvin was born 10 July 1509 in Picardy, France. He tells of his conversion this way: “God drew me from obscure and lowly beginnings and conferred on me the most honorable office of herald and minister of the gospel…What happened first was that by an unexpected conversion he tamed to teachableness a mind too stubborn for its years.” At age 26, he began work on his seminal and very influential Institutes of the Christian Religion. Ultimately, he ended up in Genev...