The practice of indulgences led to a corrupt way of living a pure Christian life. ... In 1536, he had set down his own religious thought in a book, "The Institutes of the Christian Religion" It is not clear why Calvin had broken the Roman Catholicism, but it could be guessed, that part of Luther's teachings had encouraged and inspired him. ... It could be this, that many have followed John Calvin's teachings, and from this, the Calvinistic church was brought in. ... He reinforced the "Blue Laws", which was the life of a strict and regulated life, and John Knox led the French Calvin...

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