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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.

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John Calvin
Age: 54 †
Born: 1509
Born: July 10
Died: 1564
Died: May 27
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Protestant Reformer
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Noviomagus Veromanduorum
Jehan Cauvin
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