The Effects Of Calvin’ Liberty Of Conscience Theory On Early Morden Right Revolution

Before the Protestant Reformation, mang european countries ware on the way of becoming a nation state. Renaissance brought new atmosphere to european. The ancient regime had more and more conflict and church was corrupt. Even worse,Church was notoriety because of the selling of indulgences. In this time the Protestant Reformation swept europe as storm. After Luther, Calvin argued the liberty of conscience theory and thought the God had liberated the conscience of everyone and freed people form the press of church discipline. The power of controlling Conscience is belong to heaven, so the man on earth could not control conscience.The man on the earth should follow the meaning of the God, be a good guardian of Ten commandments, be glory of God. Officials had the duty of protecting people.Form the duty in liberty of conscience to subjective right is not far. When french protestants revolted persecution, they began beyond the theory of Calvin and steadfastly insisted the liberty of conscience. The theory of God,officials and people made three sides contracts declared that no one had absolute authority except God.Ten commandments and natural laws ware in everyone’s heart and this was the source of right. In England the liberty of conscience made everyone to be prophet, poster and king. They not only asked the right of not being hurt body, but also asked the right of freedom of speech. At last, Protestants made the “free of contact”come true. They built political and social contacts, and created the American constitutionalism. In the end, they established the religious rights which was based on the liberty of conscience and developed other series of rights.