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John Calvin
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    Nor was Wesley a great theologian, in the tradition of, say, John Calvin or Martin Luther.  (source)
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    Martin Luther deleted the Apocrypha from the Reformation's Bible and later Calvin declared that the Apocrypha absolutely must not serve as the basis for convictions in matters of faith.  (source)
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    "He could have," he declared, "demolished Newton, Calvin or even John Locke as a logician."  (source)
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    When he went to sleep it was with the lights turned on in his bedroom; partly because of his old timidity, and partly so that, if he should wake in the night, there would be no wretched moment of doubt, no horrible suspicion of yellow wallpaper, or of Washington and Calvin above his bed.  (source)
    Calvin = arguably the greatest theological thinker of the Reformation
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    The end had to come sometime; his father in his nightclothes at the top of the stairs, explanations that did not explain, hastily improvised fictions that were forever tripping him up, his upstairs room and its horrible yellow wallpaper, the creaking bureau with the greasy plush collarbox, and over his painted wooden bed the pictures of George Washington and John Calvin, and the framed motto, "Feed my Lambs," which had been worked in red worsted by his mother.  (source)
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    And in this pillage of the loaded shelves, he found himself wedged firmly into the grotesque pattern of Protestant fiction which yields the rewards of Dionysus to the loyal disciples of John Calvin, panting and praying in a breath, guarding the plumtree with the altar fires, outdoing the pagan harlot with the sanctified hussy.†  (source)
    John Calvin = arguably the greatest theological thinker of the Reformation whose legacy includes Calvinism and Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
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    Charles Wallace stopped and turned slowly to look at Calvin with his cold, vacant eyes.  (source)
    Calvin = a name in this novel
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    I thought I was Calvin F. Jones.  (source)
    Calvin = a character in this novel
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    Fox called enthusiastically, and Lodge and Calvin high-fived in the back.  (source)
    Calvin = a name in this novel
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    I think Pastor Calvin is hot.  (source)
    Calvin = a character in this novel
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    And Lilly's mom, she always talks about normal stuff, like what a great deal she got on Calvin Klein panty hose at Bergdorf's.†  (source)
    Calvin Klein = a brand of clothing
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    Teddy, a kindergartner back then, sat in my bedroom, pulling the Calvin and Hobbes books down from the shelves and pretending to read them.†  (source)
    Calvin and Hobbes = a cartoon
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    His name is Calvin.  (source)
    Calvin = a character in this novel
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    Noel Kahn stood in front of her, naked except for his Calvin Klein boxers, which were wet and clingy.†  (source)
    Calvin Klein = a brand of clothing
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    Gawddamm you, Calvin, smack 'im, smack 'im good.  (source)
    Calvin = a name in this novel
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    And that, too, would have been like my mother, to bring mountains of gifts, food, and toys for children—all bought on sale—shunning thanks, saying the gifts were nothing, and later turning the labels over to show my sisters, "Calvin Klein, 100% wool.†  (source)
    Calvin Klein = a brand of clothing
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    He and Claire, Calvin's wife, had been going at it a couple of times a week for the past six years, and Claire hadn't said a thing to anyone.  (source)
    Calvin = a name in this novel
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    Brooks Brothers, Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Ermenegildo Zegna.†  (source)
    Calvin Klein = a brand of clothing
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    Calvin Jarrett, forty-one, U.S. citizen, tax attorney, husband, father.  (source)
    Calvin = a name in this novel
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