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However, his hard work for reform in Geneva paid off. In later years, the liberal attitude of Geneva allowed the city to become known as the "Protestant Rome". It became a safe haven for persecuted Reformed (also known as Prestyberian) scholars from Scotland and England during the Catholic rules of "Bloody" [[Mary I]] and Mary Stuart.

However, his hard work for reform in Geneva paid off. In later years, the liberal attitude of Geneva allowed the city to become known as the "Protestant Rome". It became a safe haven for persecuted Reformed (also known as Prestyberian) scholars from Scotland and England during the Catholic rules of "Bloody" [[Mary I]] and Mary Stuart.

Calvin's ideas later became distorted into the ''Calvanist'' belief in predestination: the concept that since God knows everything, it is already a fixed and immutable fact whether a person would go to heaven or hell, and hence since the end result is already decided, it didn't matter what people do.  This philosophy has influenced Puratinism, although it has been renounced by most Christian sects.  Calvin also created some tension between himself and other Christians when, regarding the execution of [[Michael Servetus]] for the preaching of Nontrinitarianism and anti-paedobaptism, he suggested that Servetus should be executed by beheading, rather than by being burned at the stake.  Even though this gesture was a generous display of Christ-like compassion, Calvin was quickly rebuked for his undue leniency.

Calvin's ideas later became distorted into the ''Calvinist'' belief in predestination: the concept that since God knows everything, it is already a fixed and immutable fact whether a person would go to heaven or hell, and hence since the end result is already decided, it didn't matter what people do.  This philosophy has influenced Puritanism, although it has been renounced by most Christian sects.  Calvin also created some tension between himself and other Christians when, regarding the execution of [[Michael Servetus]] for the preaching of Nontrinitarianism and anti-paedobaptism, he suggested that Servetus should be executed by beheading, rather than by being burned at the stake.  Calvin's suggestion was rejected.