Calvin is different from Luther in worship ceremony: Luther tried to keep the worship ceremony of Roman Catholicism, and he kept everything that the Bible did not prohibit; Calvin kept away from the worship of Roman Catholicism as much as possible. He just did what the Bible told him. But both of them take preaching as their main worship project; Both of them prepared poems for the congregation, but Luther emphasized hymns and Calvin emphasized poetry.
Calvin was different from Luther in church management: Luther allowed the government to ask about the church; Calvin denied that the government had any authority in the church, and he even gave the church the right to interfere with the government. And Calvin emphasized the punishment of the church more than Luther. Both of them care about the poor and arrange deacons to take care of the poor in the church.
Both of them are convinced that "everyone has the right to read the Bible by himself". In order to achieve this goal, Luther translated the Bible into German and Calvin into French. Both of them are experts in language and writing, and their translation has made great contributions to the writing structure of their country.
Both of them attach importance to education: Luther is a professor at Wittenberg University and also preaches; Calvin was originally a missionary of the church in Geneva. In his later years, he founded the Geneva Institute and became a professor at it. They all stressed that faith must be based on pure doctrine, so they all wrote a quiz for believers.
On Eucharist: Calvin is different from Luther and Zwingli. Calvin and Zwingli both denied this way.
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German view that "the body of Christ is really in bread and cups"; Calvin, however, disagreed with Zwingli that the Eucharist was just a memorial ceremony. Calvin said, "The spirit of Christ does exist in bread and cups. When believers receive the Eucharist with faith, they really receive Christ, not physically, but spiritually. 」
Calvin and Luther both believe in the truth that "righteousness is justified only by faith". For Luther, "justification by faith" is the basis for the church to stand firm or fall; For Calvin, predestination is the foundation of the church. Calvin believes that the church is the sum of all the chosen people who have survived and died. Around the periphery of the chosen people, a tangible institution has been established to carry out God's plan for all human relations. Because many people are called and few are chosen (Matt. 22: 14), the external church certainly includes many nominal Christians or those who have not been chosen.
Luther emphasized "man's salvation"; Calvin emphasized "the glory of God".