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John Calvin 1509 - 1564 (founder of the Presbyterian sect) More important data will be added to this page by summer/2010 , including a commentary on Calvinist Capitalism versus a true American Free Enterprise economy. Discussions will include facts surrounding the question of the jewish connection of John Calvin's ancestry. For now the information shown will only be relevant to the name of John Calvin, his changing of that name, and how his surname was pronounced in "1500 -1600's French". It was not pronounced "Calvin" as we know it today. A link to a rare 1611 "French/English Dictionary" page is included within our text. Please use your cursor to navigate. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Points of interest: Disecting the surname study correctly 1) The official name of John "Calvin" according to French cathedral registries is CAUUIN. That is "Cau - uin" 2) The second "U" was originally a French "V". This "v" can either be a vowel or consonant. If the "V" precedes a vowel it becomes a consonant. Therefore it is pronounced "Cauvin" in French. 3) However, it is well documented that "Cauvin" Anglicized his name taking it into the English language where the second "U" is NOT read as a "V" but retains the "U" sound - Cauuin. 4) In the English name transition, the last three letters are therefore read as "uin" and pronounced as - - "whin" (short "i") due to the "au" diphthong preceding it being "whiffled out" as seen in the 1611 dictionary. 5) The diphthong "AU". This is pronounced in the old French as "O" as in "foe". 6) Therefore, in the Anglicized form the name Cauuin is correctly pronounced C -oh - whin (short "i") exactly as the English "Cohen" 7) The "L" in the name was from Cauuin's adaption of the Latin name he used in his university days, that of "Calvin", by which name he also became known in English as well as Cauuin. See the 1611 French/English dictionary for the consonant "L" in the middle of a word as being a silent "L", thus the archaic "Calvin" is still most properly "Cauuin" in both English and French. (dictionary link next column at bottom)
References: John Calvin was not born "Calvin". From The Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th Edition, 1875, page 714 "CALVIN, John (1509 - 1564) was born at Noyon, in Picardy, July 10 1509. His father, Gerard Calvin or Cauvin, was a notary-apostolic and procurator-fiscal for the lordship of Noyon, besides holding certain ecclesiastical offices in connection with that diocese. - - - - The family name of Calvin seems to have been written indifferently Cauvin, Chauve, Calvus, Calvinus. In the contemporary notices of Gerard and his family, in the captular registers of the cathedral of Noyon, the name is always spelt Cauuin. (emphasis added) - - - In his letters written in French he usually signs himself "Jean Calvin". =============================== From The Encyclopedia of Religion, 1987,(MacMillan) Vol.3, page 30 "CALVIN, JOHN (1509 - 1564) - - - Christened Jean Cauvin, from his university days he used the name Calvin, the latinized form of Cauvin." =============================== Eustace Mullins in The Curse of Canaan (1987), Chapter 4, p. 84, (Library of Congrees Catalog Card Number 87-90479) provides the following pertinent information: "... He was educated at the College du Montagu, where Loyola, founder of the Jesuit [Roman Catholic] sect, had studied. Cauin later moved to Paris, where he continued his studies with the Humanists from 1531-32. During his stay in Paris he was known as Cauin. He then moved to Geneva where he formulated his philosophy known as Calvinism. At first known in Geneva as Cohen (the usual pronunciation of Cauin), he Anglicized his name to John Calvin." ================================ This page is in progress. More coming late ...
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Book cover of a rare 1611 French/English Dictionary (scroll down)
Continue to next page for the pronunciation of the name "CAUVIN" 15-1600's French language. Note the "vowels" a-e-i-o-v ( "v" = uuw, as in "lute") Note the diphthong au (au = o, as in "aux - oh") "CAUVIN" in French = The English "C - oh - uwh - in" Same as English "Cohen" |
