_Calixtines_, the, in Bohemia, vii. 417; correspond with Luther, 418, 421; the majority adopt his views, 421 _Calmar_, blockaded by the Danes, vii. 246 _Calmar_, Union of, vii. 121; violated by Sweden, 128; dissolved, 257 _Calvi_, bookseller of Pavia, circulates the works of the reformers, iv. 407, 408 _Calvin_, i. 2, 4; distinction between his reformation and that of Luther, 4; his influence on politics, 4; his disciples in foreign countries, 5; founder of American republic, 5; the charge of despotism against him, 5; his plea for Servetus, 6; his work, 68, 317; his great idea, 319; the complete reformer, 321; his origin, 322; compared with Margaret of Angoulême, 323 _sqq._; enters college of La Marche, 381; influence of Mathurin Cordier on him, 382, 383; removes to Montaigu College, 384; a Spanish professor, 385; classical studies, 385; his moral and devout character, 386; a strict Romanist, 386; a hard student, 386; has a benefice, visits Noyon, 387; first breath of the new Gospel, 387; friendship with Olivétan, 388; chronology of his student life obscure, 388; intercourse with Olivétan, 389; resists Olivétan's innovations in religion, 389; secret struggles, 390; alarm of his teachers, 390; confession to the priest, 391; distress of mind, 391; conversion, 394; reverence for church authority, 396; investigates claims of the pope of Rome, 397; longing for unity with truth, 398; results of his conversion, 398; its date, 399; shyness and reserve, 400; his father's grief and plan, 400, 401; consents to study law, 401, 404