John Calvin (1509-1564), born in town of Noyon innorthern FranceSon of a secretary to a bishop, so he was trained as a priestReformation spread from Germany to France prosecution by French King Francis I exile of Calvin to SwitzerlandAgain terror by storm=manifestations of God’s powerbelieved oceans would sweep human being away because of moral crisis: “Luxury increases daily, lawless passions are inflamed, and human beings continue in their crimes and profligacy more shameless than ever.”